When you set a content item to expire, Publisher removes the published content files—along with images and file properties published with it—from the publishing target. It also removes the content item from the Knowledge Directory and the search index. Users will not be able to view content items from the portal nor retrieve search results for expired content items. The content item itself, however, is not deleted from Publisher; it is simply removed from publication.
You can set the expiration of a folder and its entire contents, including the subfolders.
Note: You must be an Editor (or a user with a higher role) to set expiration and undo expiration.
When you set a content item to expire, the following events occur:
Content items that are related to the expired content items (the relationship is defined in the content item’s presentation template) are republished. For example, if you were to set a news article to expire, Publisher republishes the index and main page content items. The expired item will cease to appear in the index and the main page.
Scheduled publication tasks for expired content items are automatically cancelled.
Expired content items whose Data Entry Templates specify auto-insertion into another content item’s list property are automatically removed from that list.
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