# How do I convert a published document back into a draft?

**URL:** <https://community.prismic.io/t/how-do-i-convert-a-published-document-back-into-a-draft/8618>\
**Category:** Prismic for Content Creators\
**Created:** [January 11, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/how-do-i-convert-a-published-document-back-into-a-draft/8618 "2022-01-11T23:08:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![marco2](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.prismic.io/marco2/32/2734_2.png) [@marco2](https://community.prismic.io/u/marco2)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/how-do-i-convert-a-published-document-back-into-a-draft/8618/1 "2022-01-11T23:08:12Z")

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I have 3 documents that I've published for testing and QA-ing my website. But upon website launch, I'd like to only have 1 published document, and keep the other 2 as drafts to be published at a later date. How do I revert a document to be a draft once it has been published? It seems that the only thing I can do with it is to archive it, but I'd like to keep it as a draft. Is there a way to accomplish this? The only options I get are `History, duplicate, delete, and publish`, there's no "convert to draft" or anything similar.

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**Author:** ![marco2](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.prismic.io/marco2/32/2734_2.png) [@marco2](https://community.prismic.io/u/marco2)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/how-do-i-convert-a-published-document-back-into-a-draft/8618/2 "2022-01-12T01:53:25Z")

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My solution:

It looks like once a document has been archived, you can still make modifications to it. The top bar will turn yellow as soon as a change is made, and it'll give you a "Save" option on the top-right button. When clicking "Save", it'll duplicate the document as a new draft so now you have one draft and one archived copy of the same thing.

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**Author:** ![Phil](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.prismic.io/phil/32/14_2.png) [@Phil](https://community.prismic.io/u/Phil)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/how-do-i-convert-a-published-document-back-into-a-draft/8618/3 "2022-01-12T15:47:07Z")

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Hi Marquizzo,

You discovered the correct process, thank you for sharing this with the community!