---
title: "Website status — publishing and hiding"
description: "How to hide your website from clients without deleting data. What visitors see at the URL when the site is hidden."
locale: en
category: website
slug: status
updatedAt: 2026-05-11
---
# Website status — publishing and hiding

After generation your website is **automatically published** at `name.bulido.com` and anyone with the link can see it. If for some reason you want to temporarily hide it — e.g. you're making a bigger change and don't want clients seeing the website mid-edit — you can do it with one click.

## Where

The **Website active** toggle is in the panel header, above the tabs (top right, next to the preview link). One switch — flip it off to hide the page, on to publish again.

## What visitors see when you hide it

At your URL (`name.bulido.com`), visitors see a neutral message instead of the website: *"This page is currently unavailable. Please try again later."* No mention of why, no hint that you turned it off.

The contact form also stops working — because there's no page hosting it.

## What stays

All your data is safe:

- Copy (hero, about, services, FAQ, contact) — every section
- Photo gallery
- Chosen template and colour
- Subdomain (stays reserved — no one will take it)
- SEO settings

To turn it back on, use the same toggle. The website returns exactly as it was before being hidden.

## Dates

The header also surfaces:

- **Published** — when you last enabled public visibility
- **Taken offline** — when you last hid it (or `—` if never)
- **Last generated** — when Bulido last wrote copy (from wizard or "Regenerate from scratch")

## Hiding vs. regenerating — quick reference

These two are easy to confuse. Here's the difference:

- **Hide** (the header toggle above) — pause the website, keep all your data. Visitors see "page unavailable", you keep copy, gallery, slug, settings. Reversible in one click.
- **Regenerate from scratch** ("Regenerate from scratch" button in the header) — AI rewrites all the copy. Gallery, subdomain, template, accent, contact info stay. See [Regenerate copy from scratch](/helpcenter/website/regenerating).

There is no in-panel "wipe everything and start over" button. If you genuinely need a clean slate (release the subdomain, delete all photos, reset the counter) write to support — we'll do it manually.

## Website in "suspended account" mode

If your Bulido account loses its active subscription, the website is **automatically hidden** from the public. Visitors to the URL see the same message ("page currently unavailable"), and the dashboard is locked because the account itself has expired.

After you restore the subscription, the website comes back automatically — no need to enable it manually.

## Next

- [Regenerate copy from scratch](/helpcenter/website/regenerating)
- [Changing the website URL](/helpcenter/website/subdomain)