There are moments in the life of a business when a website is no longer needed — the business closes, a project ends, a brand is retired. When that happens, MakeOurs lets you permanently delete the site from your account.
Deletion is a serious, irreversible action. Once confirmed, the site, its content, its analytics, and its form submissions are gone with no way to recover them. This guide covers exactly when deletion is appropriate, what to save before you confirm, how to do it, and what happens after.
1. When Deleting a Site Makes Sense
Deleting a site is for situations where the site itself is no longer needed — not for situations where you want a different design or updated content. If you want to change how your site looks or what it says, use the MakeOurs visual builder to edit it. Deletion is permanent and should be reserved for genuine end-of-life situations.
The business has closed. The venture is no longer operating and the website has no further purpose. Deleting it removes it cleanly from your account and releases the subdomain.
A project or campaign has ended. You built the site for a specific event, product launch, or seasonal campaign. The campaign is over and the site is no longer relevant.
A client's engagement has ended. You managed the site on behalf of a client and the relationship has concluded. The site is no longer your responsibility to maintain.
The business has been rebranded under a completely different identity. The old name, positioning, and content are no longer valid and maintaining the old site alongside a new one creates confusion.
2. What to Save Before You Delete
Once you confirm deletion, nothing can be recovered. Spend a few minutes saving anything worth keeping before you proceed.
Copy you edited or wrote: Paste your about section, service descriptions, headlines, and any other text you spent time on into a notes app or document. This takes two minutes and saves you from rewriting from scratch.
Uploaded images: If you uploaded real photos of your business, team, or products into the editor, make sure the original files are on your device. The copies inside MakeOurs will be gone after deletion.
Contact form submissions: Go to your site's form submissions panel before deleting. Export or note down every enquiry you have received. All submission data is permanently deleted along with the site.
Your site's content as a reference: Before deleting, take a quick screenshot or copy the sections and copy that were working. Use these as a reference when writing your prompt for the new site.
3. How to Delete a MakeOurs Site
- Log in to your MakeOurs account and go to your site's Settings page.
- Click the Danger tab inside Settings.
- You will see the delete option. Enter your site's domain name in the field provided to confirm you intend to delete the correct site.
- Click the Delete button.
- A confirmation dialog appears — read it carefully and confirm.
The site is removed immediately after confirmation. There is no trash folder or recovery option. The moment you confirm, the site is gone.
4. What Is Permanently Deleted
When you delete a MakeOurs site, the following is removed permanently:
- All page content — every section, all text, all images, the entire layout
- All contact form submissions and enquiry data stored in your dashboard
- All analytics data — monthly page view history and submission counts
- Your site's settings — domain configuration, favicon, site name, and description
- The site's subscription and its place in your account
What is not deleted:
- Your MakeOurs account itself
- Other sites in your account — only the specific site you deleted is affected
- Your billing and subscription status
5. Creating a New Site After Deletion
If you have deleted a site and need to build a new one for a different purpose, go to your MakeOurs dashboard and use the "New Site" button. You will write a prompt describing the new site and MakeOurs will generate it on a new subdomain.
The new site is a completely independent site — separate subdomain, separate dashboard, separate form submissions and analytics. Nothing from the deleted site carries over.
6. Frequently Asked Questions
Q1: How do I delete a site on MakeOurs?
Go to your site's Settings page, click the Danger tab, enter your site's domain name in the field provided, click the Delete button, and confirm the dialog. The site is permanently removed — there is no undo.
Q2: Can I recover a deleted MakeOurs site?
No. Deletion on MakeOurs is permanent. There is no recycle bin or recovery option. Save your content, form submissions, and any uploaded images before confirming deletion.
Q3: What happens to my contact form submissions if I delete my site?
All form submission data is permanently deleted along with the site. Before deleting, go to your form submissions panel and save any enquiry data you want to keep.
Q4: What happens to my subdomain after I delete a site?
The mours.site subdomain slug is released and may be reassigned to another user. If you had a custom domain connected, that domain is disconnected — you will need to reconnect it to any new site you create.
Q5: I want to change my site's design — should I delete it?
No. Use the MakeOurs visual builder to make changes. You can edit every section's content, change colors and fonts site-wide, add or remove sections, and swap images — all without deleting anything. Deletion is permanent and should only be used when the site itself is no longer needed.
7. Conclusion: Deletion Is Permanent — Confirm Only When the Site Is Truly Finished
Deleting a MakeOurs site is appropriate when the site has reached the end of its purpose — a business that has closed, a campaign that has ended, a project that is done. It is not a tool for changing a design you are not happy with. For that, the visual builder gives you full control over every section, color, font, and piece of content.
If deletion is genuinely the right call: save your form submissions, copy any text worth keeping, and make sure your original image files are on your device before you confirm. Nothing can be recovered after deletion.
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External References & Further Reading:
- Web.dev: Content management and site architecture best practices
- Google Search Central: What happens to SEO when you change your website
- Nielsen Norman Group: When to redesign a website
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