---
title: "Unpublish Article"
method: POST
path: "/article/unpublish"
tags: ["Articles"]
---

# Unpublish Article

`POST /article/unpublish`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.twitterapis.com/twitter`
- URL: `https://api.twitterapis.com/twitter/article/unpublish`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Revert a Published article back to Draft, identified by its entity id. The announcement tweet the original publish posted is left in place; use Delete Article to remove it too. X server-validates this transition and returns a 422 (invalid_lifecycle) if the article is not currently Published. Requires a registered session. Billed at $0.0016 per call. Cost: $0.0016 per call.

## Request body

- object
  - `id` string, required: The article's base64 entity id, returned by article/create or article/list (the id field, not rest_id).

## Response `200`

Revert a published article back to Draft. The announcement tweet is left in place.

- object
  - `ok` boolean: True when the article was reverted to Draft.
  - `article` object: The reverted article, full shape: id, rest_id, title, preview_text, lifecycle (back to Draft), content_state, cover_media, media_entities, author, created_at_secs, modified_at_secs, first_published_at_secs, visibility_setting, tweet_id, public_url.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `402`: Insufficient credits
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not found
- `429`: Rate limited
- `5XX`: Server error

---

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