I’ve accidentally set my data to public — what should I do?
figshare.com account
This applies to you if you are using a free account you created on figshare.com. In the unlikely event that you have accidentally published data and need assistance please submit a support ticket here, supplying the details listed below and a member of the team will assist:
Ticket title: “Take down request”.
Description of the issue:
- Figshare DOI
- item version that needs to be taken down – if only a specific version needs to be taken down
- requester name
- reason
Institutional / publisher account
An institutional administrator will be able to un-publish any published item. Please contact your administrator.
Administrators for institutional versions of Figshare can find instructions on how to unpublish item on the support site: https://support.figshare.com/support/solutions
