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title: Unpublishing — I’ve accidentally set my data to public — what should I do?
description: "--- - [Home](https://info.figshare.com) - - [User Guides](https://info.figshare.com/user-guides/) - - Unpublishing — I’ve accidentally set my data to public — what should I do? ### **figshare.com account** If you are using a free account created on figshare.com, you cannot unpublish items.…"
url: "https://info.figshare.com/user-guide/ive-accidentally-set-my-data-to-public-what-should-i-do/"
updated: "2026-01-05"
category: "Publishing: Embargoes, versioning, other advice"
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# Unpublishing — I’ve accidentally set my data to public — what should I do?

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### **figshare.com account**

If you are using a free account created on figshare.com, you cannot unpublish items. In the event that you have accidentally published an item and need assistance please submit a support ticket [here](https://support.figshare.com/), 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

### **University/organization account**

If you are using Figshare at your institution (e.g. you login via your single sign on), 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](https://support.figshare.com/support/solutions)