When a notebook is shared, a specific shared version will remain accessible through its version identifier, even if later on a newer version is shared or published. When a notebook gets unshared or unpublished it becomes completely inaccessible to other parties. However, resharing the notebook will…

Just deployed a confirm() check for unpublishing and disabling link sharing. Maybe try it out and let us know how it works for you.

Unsharing should be guarded by confirmation modal

mootari August 3, 2020, 5:34pm 2

To add to the list of irreversible changes, existing likes are also lost.

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Making accidentally published notebook private again Feedback	6	1279	November 9, 2018
Feature Request: Unlisted Notebooks Feedback	2	610	May 24, 2018
Bug: Unpublishing a notebook closes attached suggestions Feedback	1	393	September 21, 2019
Remove time limit on unsharing public notebook Feedback	6	1021	January 7, 2020
Diffs and 'Reshare' prompts Feedback	3	487	March 15, 2021