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Must know
  • Activating a Draft publishes it and starts it today, regardless of any future start date it had.
  • Deactivating stops the code from applying to new orders right away; it doesn’t affect orders already paid.
  • A deactivated code can be reactivated at any time.
Each discount has a single status control that changes label depending on its current state. You’ll find it on the discount’s detail page and in the row menu on the Discounts list.
1

Open the discount

Go to Settings > Financial Setup > Discounts and click the discount (or use its three-dot menu on the list).
2

Publish a draft

On a Draft, click Activate. Confirm, and the discount is published and starts immediately — it moves to Active.
3

Pause a live code

On an Active discount, click Deactivate. It stops applying at checkout and moves to Deactivated until you turn it back on.
4

Resume a paused code

On a Deactivated discount, click Activate to make it redeemable again.
Scheduled discounts don’t have this toggle — they activate on their own when their start date arrives, and you adjust them by editing. Expired codes are permanent and can’t be reactivated; create a new code instead. Related: What do the discount statuses mean? · How do I edit a discount code? · How do I delete a discount code?