Visitors can still see event details; they just can't submit a new response. You can close and reopen manually at any time.
Common reasons to close registration:
You've hit capacity and don't want any more registrations.
Your RSVP deadline has passed.
You need to pause registration temporarily (fixing a pricing error, for example) without taking your whole site down.
For example, a conference closes registration two weeks before the event to give the team a buffer to finalize catering and badge counts. They keep the event website live so registered guests can still access the venue details and agenda; only the form is closed.
Close or reopen registration
From your event dashboard, open Settings for your registration form.
Under Visibility, select Closed from now to stop new registrations immediately, or Open from now to resume accepting them.
If closing, customize the Show message text visitors will see in place of the form.
Click Save.
💡 Tip: Closing the form doesn't unpublish your event website. Guests who visit your event page will still see all your event details; they'll just see your custom closed message instead of the registration form.