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title: Saving, publishing, and deleting content
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description: Instructions to manage content throughout its whole lifecycle, from the draft version to the deletion of the obsolete content.
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By default, each newly created content is a draft. Drafts can be modified and saved at will, using the **Save** button on the top right corner of the edit view, until they are ready to be published.
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### Publishing a draft
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### Publishing and unpublishing
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#### Publishing a draft
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To publish a draft, click on the **Publish** button in the top right corner of the content editor.
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To schedule publication, i.e. convert a draft to a published entry at a given date and time, you can follow [this technical guide](https://forum.strapi.io/t/schedule-publications/23184) which requires adding custom code to the Strapi application.
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### Unpublishing content
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####Unpublishing content
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Published contents can be unpublished, switching back to being drafts again.
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To unpublish content, click on the **Unpublish** button in the top right corner of the content editor.
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### Bulk publish and unpublish
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### Bulk publishing and unpublishing
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Selecting multiple entries from the Content Manager's list view will display additional buttons to publish or unpublish several entries simultaneously. This is what is called "bulk publishing/unpublishing".
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Selecting multiple entries from the Content Manager's list view will display additional buttons to publish or unpublish several entries simultaneously.
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:::caution
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If the [Internationalization plugin](/user-docs/plugins/strapi-plugins.md#-internationalization-plugin) is installed, the bulk publish/unpublish actions only apply to the currently selected locale.
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To publish or unpublish several entries:
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#### Bulk publishing drafts
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1. From the list view of the Content Manager, select your entries to publish or unpublish by ticking the box on the left side of the entries' record.
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2. Depending on what you want to achieve, click one of the **Publish** or **Unpublish** buttons located above the header of the table. When selecting only published entries, only the **Unpublish** button is shown, while when selecting only draft entries, only the **Publish** button is shown.
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3. In the confirmation dialog box, confirm your choice by clicking on the **Publish** or **Unpublish** button.
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To publish several entries at the same time:
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* If an error occurs, a red message overlay will appear with additional information, and none of your selected entries will be published or unpublished.
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1. From the list view of the Content Manager, select your entries to publish by ticking the box on the left side of the entries' record.
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2. Click on the **Publish** button located above the header of the table.
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3. In the *Publish entries* dialog, check the list of selected entries and their status:
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- Ready to publish: the entry can be published
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- "[field name] is required", "[field name] is too short" or "[field name] is too long": the entry cannot be published because of the issue stated in the red warning message.
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4. (optional) If some of your entries have a  status, click the  edit buttons to fix the issues until all entries have the  Ready to publish status. Note that you will have to click on the **Refresh** button to update the *Publish entries* dialog as you fix the various entries issues.
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5. Click the **Publish** button.
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6. In the confirmation dialog box, confirm your choice by clicking again on the **Publish** button.
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#### Bulk unpublishing content
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To unpublish several entries at the same time:
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1. From the list view of the Content Manager, select your entries to unpublish by ticking the box on the left side of the entries' record.
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2. Click on the **Unpublish** button located above the header of the table.
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3. In the confirmation dialog box, confirm your choice by clicking again on the **Unpublish** button.
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