[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Performing housekeeping on old products ## - **[vanboke](/forum/user/4873-vanboke "View vanboke's Profile")** - [![vanboke's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/4873-vanboke "View vanboke's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/4873-vanboke) Less More - Posts: 157 - Thank you received: 8 - - 10 years 11 months ago [\#221098](#221098) by [vanboke](/forum/user/4873-vanboke "View vanboke's Profile") *[Performing housekeeping on old products](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/880557-performing-housekeeping-on-old-products#221098 "I have a client that approached me about wanting to do some housekeeping and delete a bunch pf products they no longer sell. That raised an interesting question: Are there any ill effects to deleting old products, instead of just unpublishing them, besides issues with pulling reports on those products? Would anything else be effected like customers looking at their old orders?")* was created by *[vanboke](/forum/user/4873-vanboke "View vanboke's Profile")* I have a client that approached me about wanting to do some housekeeping and delete a bunch pf products they no longer sell. That raised an interesting question: Are there any ill effects to deleting old products, instead of just unpublishing them, besides issues with pulling reports on those products? Would anything else be effected like customers looking at their old orders? Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzg4MDU1Ny1wZXJmb3JtaW5nLWhvdXNla2VlcGluZy1vbi1vbGQtcHJvZHVjdHM/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86322 - Thank you received: 14281 - - 10 years 11 months ago [\#221116](#221116) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Performing housekeeping on old products](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/880557-performing-housekeeping-on-old-products#221116 "I have a client that approached me about wanting to do some housekeeping and delete a bunch pf products they no longer sell. That raised an interesting question: Are there any ill effects to deleting old products, instead of just unpublishing them, besides issues with pulling reports on those products? Would anything else be effected like customers looking at their old orders?")* Hi, It should not a problem. The main information of the products are stored in the orders so that even if you delete the problem, the invoice will still display properly. The only drawback will be that if your products have files that are to be downloaded after the purchase, these won't be available anymore. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzg4MDU1Ny1wZXJmb3JtaW5nLWhvdXNla2VlcGluZy1vbi1vbGQtcHJvZHVjdHM/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. Board Categories HikaShop Install & Update Product & Category Display Content Creation Sales and Orders Orders management Reports & Statistics Customers Checkout Payment Methods Shipping Methods Import & Export (CSV, XLS…) Specific Features Affilation Taxes Wishlist Vote Carousel & Slider Mass Actions Filters & Search Discount & Coupon Feature Request Integrations Showcase General Talk about HikaShop Development HikaShop 3.0 Beta Translation Commercial Jobs HikaShop Components HikaMarket Market: Feature requests Market: How to? Market: Bug Report HikaSerial General talk about HikaSerial Serial: Bug Report Serial: How to? Support en Français de HikaSerial (French Support) HikaSubscription HikaAuction Auction: Feature requests Auction: How to? Auction: Bug report Hikashop around the world Support en Français (French Support) Russian FAQ. Курс выживания с Hikashop. Частые вопросы и о Расширения Hikashop Наши сайты на Hikashop 日本語版サポート(Japanese Support) Thai German Archives Bug Report How to? [](/forum/topics/feed/mode-topics?format=feed&type=rss) Time to create page: 0.073 seconds [Powered by](/forum/credits) [Kunena Forum](https://www.kunena.org)