Unpublishing Islands in Fortnite Creative

Unpublishing islands provides you with flexibility and allows you to remove access and visibility from non-team members and players.

Submitting a release to an unpublished state means you get the island code and can determine when to change the island to a Listed state. Removing island visibility for non-team members and players means the island code can’t be used, and the island won’t show up on your Profile page or in Discovery.

Unpublishing your island is not permanent, and you can republish the island with the same island code at any time.

When an island has been unpublished:

• It is removed from Engagement Payout eligibility.
• The island is no longer accessible by players.
• The public island page returns a 404 error when players attempt to play an unpublished island from in-game or from fortnite.com.

You'll receive engagement payouts only for the period of time an island is in an active published state. You can still see the island analytics prior to the unpublish date, but the analytics of unpublished islands are no longer included in relevant charts and analytics pages once the island is unpublished because no data is gathered.

Unpublishing an Island