: Is there a way to 'unsymbol' an artboard in sketch? I'm working in versions and I just created a duplicate of my symbols page and renamed it 'Symbols v1'. I now have a page called 'Symbols'

@Sue6373160

For who's still looking for an answer: yes!
Select the artboard/symbol, go to: Layer > Convert Symbol to Artboard.

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@Ann6370331

Short answer: Partly! Batch-rename to prefix with a folder.

There are ways to do this (March 2017), although none are as simple as making symbols "unavailable" in the menu.

The simplest way (in my mind) would be to rename your "old" symbols to Archived/[Layer name], which will put them all in a single group while keeping them as symbols.

You can use "Z - Archived" or something similar if you want to push them at the bottom of the list.

Here's my suggested way for batch-renaming your layers in little time.


Install the RenameIt plugin
Go to your "Symbols V1" artboard.
Select all symbols
Plugins → Rename It → Rename Selected Layers
Prefix your names with a folder. I'm using Z - Archive/*. The * resolves to the current layer name.

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@Annie732

The only way to do this currently (Aug 2016) is to delete the page than contains the items you want to remove symbol status from.

When you do this, Sketch automatically detaches all used instances from their symbols and turns them back into regular artwork.

I am assuming that, similarly, if you delete a single artboard on the Symbols page, all instances of that symbol will be detached and converted into regular artwork again.

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