unpublish

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ publish.

Verb

unpublish (third-person singular simple present unpublishes, present participle unpublishing, simple past and past participle unpublished)

(transitive, chiefly computing) To remove (something previously published) from circulation; to retract.
- 2005, David Reynolds, Mac, page 178:
  To unpublish a calendar: 1. In the Applications folder, double-click the iCal icon to open the application. The main iCal window opens; in the Calendars section on the left, published calendars have a small mark to the right of their names […]
- 2011, Patrick Scott Hogg, Robert Burns: The Patriot Bard:
  Burns' political sentiments were already clearly delineated in 'A Dream' and no amount of etiquette could unpublish that poem.
- 2013 January 16, Margaret Sullivan, “Make No Mistake, but if You Do, Here’s How to Correct It”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:
  Yes. We have a strict policy on unpublishing: We don’t.
- 2013, Ric Shreves, Joomla! Bible, page 342:
  You unpublish a category to hide it from display on the front end of the website.

Translations

Spanish: despublicar