---
title: Retire a path
sidebarTitle: Retire a path
description: 'Stop new sign-ups, let current members finish, or take a path down for good.'
audience: luminary
feature: paths
type: guide
availability: live
last_verified: '2026-10-13'
keywords:
  - retire path
  - stop path
  - delete path
  - close sign-ups
  - end path
url: 'https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/paths/retire-a-path'
---

# Retire a path

> Stop new sign-ups, let current members finish, or take a path down for good.

## When to use this

- A seasonal or program path has run its course.
- You've replaced a path with a better version.
- You want to stop new people joining but let current members finish.

## Choose how far to go

| You want to…                                  | Do this                                              |
| --------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| Stop new sign-ups, let current members finish | Move to draft                                        |
| Stop messages for everyone now                | Remove each subscriber, then move to draft or delete |
| Remove the path completely                    | Delete Path                                          |

## Stop new sign-ups

**Step 1: Open the path**

Go to [Offerings → Paths](https://portal.bringsoul.life/paths) and click the path.

**Step 2: Move it to draft**

Click Move to draft at the top of the page. You'll see *"Path moved to draft. It's now hidden
from your audience"*.

**Step 3: Turn off Auto-subscribe**

On the Schedule tab, switch off Auto-subscribe if it was on.

People already on the path keep receiving their messages until they finish or leave.

## Stop messages for everyone

**Step 1: Open the Subscribers tab**

Filter by Active to see who is still on the path.
**Step 2: Remove each person**

Click a subscriber, then Remove from Path. Their future prompts are cancelled and their history
is kept.

**Step 3: Hide or delete the path**

Click Move to draft, or delete it as below.

## Delete a path

Open the path, click ⋯ at the top, then Delete Path and confirm. You can also use Delete in the menu on the path's card in [Offerings → Paths](https://portal.bringsoul.life/paths).

**Warning:** 
Deleting a path can't be undone. Its messages go with it. Remove any active subscribers first, and
consider Move to draft instead if you might run the path again.

## Tips

- Hand people on. Before you retire a path, send a last message (or an [announcement](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/audience/announcements)) inviting people to your next path.
- Reuse rather than rebuild. A path in draft keeps all its messages, so you can publish it again later. For a Self-Paced path, that's often better than deleting.

## What your members see

- Moved to draft: the path disappears from your portal and its link stops working for visitors. Members already on it keep getting messages.
- Removed: their prompts stop.
- Deleted: the path is gone from your portal.

## Related

- [Manage who is on a path](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/paths/manage-path-subscribers)
- [Draft a path before launch](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/paths/draft-a-path-before-launch)
- [Private Paths introduction](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/paths/introduction)