Delete & Archive Sitemaps

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Learn below how to delete, archive and unarchive sitemaps.

Delete

Plans available to: ALL

  1. To manage your sitemaps, click the home icon to return to your Sitemap List page:
  2. Find the sitemap you would like to delete, select the drop down arrow on the right of that sitemap, and select ‘Delete’:
  3. A pop-up will appear to confirm ‘Yes – delete my sitemap’ or ‘No – keep my sitemap’:

If you accidentally deleted a sitemap, get in touch with WriteMaps Support with the name of your sitemap and we will check to see if we can retrieve it from our deletion queue.

Archive

Plans available to: Professional and Premium

  1. Head over to your Sitemap List page by clicking on the Home icon in the top left hand corner:
  2. Find the sitemap you would like to archive, select the drop down arrow on the right of that sitemap, and select ‘Archive’:

Un-archive

Plans available to: Professional and Premium

  1. To find your archived sitemaps, select the ‘Archived’ button on the top right:
  2. From your archived sitemaps, select which sitemap you would like to unarchive. Press the drop down arrow on the right of that sitemap and select ‘Unarchive’:
  3. Return to your sitemaps, either using the ‘Back to sitemaps’ button top right, or the Home icon in the top left corner:
  4. Your unarchived sitemap will appear back in your list of sitemaps.

Note: if you are on a Professional plan, the number of active sitemaps is limited to 10. But you can archive as many sitemaps as you want.