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Set the expiry date for pages on the website

Administrators can set an expiry date for pages on the website. This way, older pages that are not relevant after a period of time can be deleted, or replaced with other pages. Authors can change the expiry date for individual web pages when publishing the files.

Pages expired using the Administer Website dialog box must be deleted manually from the website using the Manage Page Expiry dialog box.

The expiry date setting is applied to only those pages that are created after the administrator has configured this option. It is not applied to pages created or published previous to these settings being configured. Pages that are in a workflow cannot be deleted until they have completed the workflow.

Note: Information on expired pages is displayed under the website name on the first page of Contribute, and in the information bar of the browsed web page.

Select Edit > Administer Websites (Windows) or Contribute > Administer Websites (Mac OS), and select the website you want to administer from the submenu.
If prompted, enter the Administrator password and click OK. The Administer Website dialog box appears.
Select Page Expiry on the left panel.
In the right panel, select Enable Page Expiry to set an expiry date for the page. Do one of the following:
- Select Expire pages on, and set a specific date for page expiry.
- Select Expire pages, and type the number of days for which the page can be live on the server.
In the Page Expiry Action section, do one of the following:
- Select Replace the page with, and choose a page that replaces the expired page on expiry. For example, you can replace the expired page with a page saying, “Sorry, this page is no longer available on the website.”
- To delete the page, select Delete the page in the website.
Note: Specifying the delete option does not delete the pages from the website automatically after the expiry date. Delete expired pages manually using the Manage Page Expiry dialog box.