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Publish and unpublish your Square Online site

Who is this article for?
  • Sellers with the Online permission. Set permissions in Square Dashboard.
  • Square Online subscribers.
  • About publishing and unpublishing your website

    When you publish a website, you're making the edited version of the site go live for people browsing the internet to see. You can also preview any changes you've made to your Square Online site before you make them go live.

    Before you begin

    You can preview, publish, and unpublish your site from your Square Dashboard.

    Preview your site

    1. Sign in to your Square Dashboard and go to Sales channels > Online > Website > Edit site.

    2. Select Preview.

    3. In the preview mode, you can copy and share a preview link by selecting Share > Copy share link. This link is for viewing a preview of your live site only, and doesn't make your site go live

    Publish your website 

    To publish your website:

    1. Sign in to your Square Dashboard and go to Sales channels > Online > Website > Edit site.

    2. Select Publish

    3. Click the link to your live site in the confirmation popup window to access your site.

    The newly-published version of your site is not confirmed until you (or any visitor of your site) opens it up in a browser at least once. To avoid your site not publishing, select the link in the pop-up window each time you publish.

    Unpublish your website 

    1. Sign in to your Square Dashboard and go to Website > Site Preferences.

    2. Select Unpublish.

    You can republish your site by following the steps in the “Publish your website” section.

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