# Manage Brand Guidelines

Control your brand guideline, including archiving old guidelines, and permanently removing them. Proper management helps maintain brand consistency while ensuring only the right people can view or edit the content.

## **Archiving a Brand Guideline**

⚠️ **User Right Required:** You must have the **“Can Archive & View Archived Brand Guidelines”** permission to perform this action.

### **🔹** Step 1: Access to Brand Guideline Detail page

* From the main interface, select **Brand Guideline** in the menu bar.
* A list of available Brand Guidelines will be displayed.
* Click on the name of the Brand Guideline you want to view to open the **Brand Guideline Detail** page.

<figure><img src="/files/2TrNa2kpJ8P66Asg0tK8" alt=""><figcaption><p>Open to Brand Guideline</p></figcaption></figure>

### **🔹** Step 2: Select Brand Guideline Setting

* On the **Brand Guideline Detail** page, find and click on the **Settings** icon (usually a gear icon or three dots).
* Select **Brand Guideline Setting** from the dropdown menu to access the configuration page.

<figure><img src="/files/RVXPikystIqNtLsht5PD" alt=""><figcaption><p>Brand Guideline setting</p></figcaption></figure>

### **🔹** Step 3: Enable **“Brand is Archived”**

* In the **Settings** section, enable **“Brand is Archived”** to remove the guideline from active view.&#x20;
* Users **cannot select or apply** an archived brand in any new design or editing actions.\
  However, any existing designs that previously used the brand will **remain unchanged and unaffected**.
* To view an archived brand guideline, the user must have the **"Can Archive & View Archived Brand Guideline"** permission.

<figure><img src="/files/1cT7TBnft8jDe4bh5PvV" alt=""><figcaption><p>Arching a Brand Guideline</p></figcaption></figure>

## **View Archived a Brand Guideline**

* From the **Brand Guidelines** list, locate the **View Archived Brands** toggle button next to the **Add Brand Guideline** button.
* Switch the toggle to the right to **enable the view of archived brands**.
* Once enabled, the interface will display the list of **archived Brand Guidelines**.
* To return to the active Brand Guidelines list, switch the **View Archived Brands** toggle back to the off position.

<figure><img src="/files/KDHZrB7mJJg7XCF6fHSR" alt=""><figcaption><p>View Archived a Brand Guideline</p></figcaption></figure>

## **Removing a Brand Guideline**

⚠️ **User Right Required:** You must have the **“Can Remove Brand Guidelines”** permission to perform this action.

In the Brand Guideline list, click the **down arrow** next to a guideline and select **"Remove Brand Guideline"** (available only if you have **"Can Edit Account Branding"** rights).

<figure><img src="/files/7HxXIDfIZDrs4jWV0jEN" alt=""><figcaption><p>Remove a Brand Guideline</p></figcaption></figure>

If you encounter any issues, contact the support team for assistance.


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