How do I archive or delete a Hub?

When a project ends, archive its Hub to keep everything without paying for it, or move it to the Bin when you don’t need it any more. You can unarchive an archived Hub at any time.

Archive a Hub

1. Open the Hub’s settings. Open the Hub, then select Settings at the bottom of the Hub’s rail.
2. Select Archive Hub. It’s in the Settings panel, below Edit details, and below Pause Hub if you’re the owner.
3. Confirm. The dialog explains what archiving does to your bill. Select Archive now. You see Archived Hub.

An archived Hub keeps everything in it. It’s read-only, shows This Hub is archived. at the top, and leaves your Hub lists until you show archived Hubs.

Archiving frees the Hub’s included slot, or stops its charge if it’s an extra Hub. What you paid for the current period isn’t refunded, but another Hub can use it until your next charge. See How does Hub pricing work?.

Unarchive a Hub

1. Show archived Hubs. Select the Account menu (your avatar at the bottom of the rail), then Show archived. Archived Hubs appear in the rail and on the Hubs page.
2. Open the Hub. Select the archived Hub.
3. Unarchive it. Select Unarchive now on its banner, or Settings, then Unarchive Hub. Select Unarchive to confirm.

If your included Hubs are all in use, checkout opens for an extra Hub before the Hub comes back.

Delete a Hub

1. Open the Hub’s settings. Open the Hub, then select Settings at the bottom of the Hub’s rail.
2. Select Move Hub to bin. It’s at the bottom of the Settings panel.
3. Confirm. The dialog Move this Hub to bin? says how long you have to restore it. Select Move to bin. The Hub and everything in it move to the Bin, and guests lose access until you restore it.

Moving a Hub to the Bin frees its slot or stops its charge, the same as archiving.

Archive, pause, or delete?

• Archive when the project is finished and you want it out of your lists, but kept.
• Pause when the project is quiet but not over, and you want it to stay in your lists. Only the owner can pause. See How do I pause or resume a Hub?.
• Delete when you don’t need the Hub. It’s removed for good when its time in the Bin runs out.

Ask Vai

In a Vai chat, ask Vai to archive or unarchive a Hub, move a Hub to the Bin, or restore it from the Bin, for example “Archive the Mercer Residence Hub, the project’s finished.” Vai archives and restores without asking. It asks first before it moves a Hub to the Bin when Approvals is set to Do not send without approval. Removing a Hub from the Bin for good stays with you, in Bin. Asking Vai uses AI credits like any chat. See How do I choose what Vai can do without asking?

If something goes wrong

• You don’t see Archive Hub or Move Hub to bin. You need to be the Hub’s owner or have Editor access. Ask the Hub’s owner.
• You can’t find an archived Hub. Turn on Show archived in the Account menu.
• Unarchiving or restoring opens checkout. Your included Hubs are all in use. Pay for an extra Hub, or archive, pause, or delete another Hub first.
• You deleted the wrong Hub. Restore it from the Bin. See How do I restore something from the bin?.