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title: How to Cancel Your Listing (Unlist Your Startup)
description: How to archive your listing before completing your acquisition on Acquire.com
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# How to Cancel Your Listing (Unlist Your Startup)

## How to unlist or cancel your startup during the selling process

**Last updated: October 14th, 2025**

If you’ve decided not to sell your startup right now, you can cancel your listing by unlisting it.

You might unlist if:

- You’re no longer ready to sell.
- You want to keep growing your business before re-listing.
- You sold off-platform.
- You simply changed your mind.

Whatever your reason, here’s how to unlist your startup on Acquire.com.

1\. Under **My listing,** click the **three dots** to the right of the listing status. From the dropdown box, select **Unlist startup**. 

![unlist 0](https://help.acquire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/unlist%200.png?width=688&height=452&name=unlist%200.png)

2\. Tell us how long you'd like to unlist for.

If you'll be back on the marketplace soon, select **Temporarily. **If you don't plan to sell your startup for a while or have sold off-platform, select **Permanently. **

Click **Next. **

![unlist 1.2](https://help.acquire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/unlist%201.2.png?width=688&height=489&name=unlist%201.2.png)

3\. If you chose **Temporarily,** select **the reason** you’re unlisting your startup, and then click **Unlist my startup**. 

![unlist 1.3](https://help.acquire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/unlist%201.3.png?width=688&height=489&name=unlist%201.3.png)

Your startup has been temporarily removed from the marketplace. If you ever want to re-list on Acquire.com just email [support@acquire.com](mailto:support@acquire.com).

![unlist 1.4](https://help.acquire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/unlist%201.4.png?width=688&height=489&name=unlist%201.4.png)

4\. If you chose **Permanently**, select **the reason** you’re permanently unlisting your startup and click **Next.**

![unlist 1.5](https://help.acquire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/unlist%201.5.png?width=688&height=489&name=unlist%201.5.png)

5\. If you selected **I sold my startup with a buyer I met on Acquire.com**, select the buyer from your approved buyers list. 

![unlist 1.6](https://help.acquire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/unlist%201.6.png?width=688&height=489&name=unlist%201.6.png)

6. **Confirm your purchase price** and click **Next. **

![unlist 1.7](https://help.acquire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/unlist%201.7.png?width=688&height=489&name=unlist%201.7.png)

7\. Choose if you'd like to **archive your startup**. 

![unlist 1.8](https://help.acquire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/unlist%201.8.png?width=688&height=489&name=unlist%201.8.png)

**Archiving disables acquisition actions and the chat function. Once archived, you can't edit your startup or re-list it. **

![unlist 1.9](https://help.acquire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/unlist%201.9.png?width=688&height=489&name=unlist%201.9.png)

8\. If you selected **I met my buyer through a different network or channel**, tell us why you couldn't find a buyer on Acquire.com and click **Next. **

![unlist 2.0](https://help.acquire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/unlist%202.0.png?width=688&height=489&name=unlist%202.0.png)

9\. Select where you found your buyer and click **Unlist my startup. **

![unlist 2.1](https://help.acquire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/unlist%202.1.png?width=688&height=489&name=unlist%202.1.png)

We'll archive your startup, removing it from the marketplace and disabling chat and acquisition actions. 

![unlist 2.2](https://help.acquire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/unlist%202.2.png?width=688&height=489&name=unlist%202.2.png)

10\. If you selected **I couldn't sell my startup**, select a reason why and click **Unlist my startup**. 

![unlist 2.3](https://help.acquire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/unlist%202.3.png?width=688&height=489&name=unlist%202.3.png)

If you want help getting your startup back on track or want to unarchive your startup, just email [support@acquire.com](mailto:support@acquire.com).

### ![unlist 2.4](https://help.acquire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/unlist%202.4.png?width=688&height=489&name=unlist%202.4.png)

You can also unlist permanently after unlisting temporarily. Just go to **"My listing" **and click **the three dots **next to your listing status. Select **Unlist permanently **and go through the process above. 

![content (1)](https://help.acquire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/content%20(1).png?width=688&height=452&name=content%20(1).png)

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