# What Happens to Users if I Archive a Membership? * If the membership is **Free**, then it will cancel all of the user memberships right away.\ Here’s an example of a Free membership that was Archived. The status would be updated to Archived. Under the **Members** section below, all the users were automatically removed.

* If the membership is a **Paid** membership, they’ll be able to use the membership for the rest of the paid term, but won’t be able to renew afterward.\ Here’s an example, The Paid Membership was archived on 12/20/2023. Even when the membership was archived, there was still a user under the Member section. The user’s membership is still Active since the membership would end after a year from the day where the user’s membership was approved (12/19/2024).