---
title: Republish a retired article
description: Instantly republish a retired article.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/servicenow-platform/knowledge-management/republish-retired-article.html
release: australia
product: Knowledge Management
classification: knowledge-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Creating and maintaining articles, Knowledge Management, Manage content capabilities, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
---

# Republish a retired article

Instantly republish a retired article.

## Before you begin

You must activate the Knowledge Management Advanced \(com.snc.knowledge\_advanced\) plugin.

Role required: admin or knowledge admin

**Note:** You need a scoped admin role to republish a retired article in the [Scoped knowledge bases](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/knowledge-management/scoped-knowledge-base-administration.md).

## About this task

There may be cases where you will need to republish a retired article. For example, an admin may want to temporarily retire an article when its information doesn't currently apply, but will at a later date. An administrator or knowledge administrator who can view retired articles can instantly republish these without having to go through an approval workflow.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Knowledge** > **Articles** > **Retired**.

2.  Select a retired article and click **Republish**.


## Result

The article is instantly published as the previous last published version.

**Parent Topic:**[Creating and maintaining articles](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/knowledge-management/creating-and-maintaining-articles.md)