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* It has been known for fanfic authors who turn pro to pull their fanfic from the internet, either because they consider it OldShame, because their publishers don't approve, or because they're strip-mining their fic for ideas for original works and don't want people to make comparisons.

** It's not just ones from authors that turn pro. Any fanfic can just disappear from the internet due to some reason from the fanfic author. Sure, [[SturgeonsLaw most of those aren't worth reading]], but there are some good ones that disappear too.

* There used to be ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' fancomic by pixiv user Wimifu, the which has a child Ran being raised by Yukari but, for some reason, the artist took their pixiv page down (or hid it, as the Wayback Machine says it's still around), thus the only way to view a good much of the comic and the artist's other artwork is through imageboard sites.
* ''Anime/KillLaKill'' fanartist "Herokick" hid her Website/{{Tumblr}} page and left her [=AU=] comic uncompleted, thus the only way to view much of said comic (along with other fanart) was on her twitter page (which you'd have to already be following, as it was made private) but, apparently, the Twitter account has been deactivated, so the only way see the comic (and her fanart) are imageboard sites, the Wayback Machine, or to search for it online. According to some background on Reddit, she deleted much of her ''Kill la Kill'' fanart (and fanart on an alt account) was because of harassment and that she was afraid that her ships would hurt her reputation as an artist.

* Many ''Blog/AskAPony'' blogs close and as a result their artwork dies with them. Even highly popular ones like ''Blog/AskPinkaminaDianePie'' and ''Blog/AskPrincessMolestia'' have had this. It's up to fans to keep the asks circulating.

* When Machinima closed its [=YouTube=] channel, all of the videos were lost. However, some videos and series have been uploaded by fans who managed to have them saved, including ''Arby 'n The Chief'', as well as ''Pre-Game Lobby.'' Unfortunately, there were a lot of early machinima made that was uploaded to Machinima.com that is still lost to this day.

* The ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fanfic [[http://fanlore.org/wiki/A_Fragment_Out_of_Time "A Fragment out of Time" by Diane Marchant]] — the first [[HoYay Kirk]] / [[SlashFic Spock]] fic ever written, and the story that spawned SlashFic as a genre — exists today only in its original zine, ''Grup'' 3, which is extremely rare. Except in the form of [[https://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm303/Lord_Chamberlains_Men/Nothing%20to%20see%20here/Grup3p2.jpg page]] [[https://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm303/Lord_Chamberlains_Men/Nothing%20to%20see%20here/Grup3p3.jpg images]], the story was never posted online[[note]]"Online" as such didn't exist in 1974, other than the PLATO computer system which networked to colleges and universities. It had Reddit-like forums ("notesfiles") and IRC-like chats, including places where stories could be posted, but "A Fragment Out Of Time" wasn't one of them.[[/note]] The only way to read it is to hunt down the zine in used bins at conventions or keep checking to see if an online zine merchant has a copy for sale (might be expensive). The University of Iowa Library, however, hosts a special collection of early fanzines, including ''Grup'' 3 and the zine that contained Marchant's defense of K/S — ''Grup'' 4. You may also find text transcripts on Tumblr or other blogging sites.

** This is actually true of many of the early fic written in zines, as many authors never made the switch to the Internet. There are websites where text transcripts of these early stories are archived.

* The ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fanfic [[http://fanlore.org/wiki/A_Fragment_Out_of_Time "A Fragment out of Time" by Diane Marchant]] — the first [[HoYay Kirk]] / [[SlashFic Spock]] fic ever written, and the story that spawned SlashFic as a genre — exists today only in its original zine, Grup 3, which is extremely rare. The story was never posted online. The only way to read it is to hunt down the zine in used bins at conventions. The University of Iowa Library, however, hosts a special collection of early fanzines, including Grup 3 and the zine that contained Marchant's defense of K/S — Grup 4.
** This is actually true of many of the early fic written in zines, as many authors never made the switch to the Internet.

* ''Fanfic/{{Paradise}}'' was a lengthy OriginsEpisode fanfic for Celestia and Luna detailing how they went from unassuming Earth pony foals to godlike alicorn princess'. In 2014 it was removed offline so that the writer could rewrite it. That has yet to occur due to personal reasons, but fans have archived the original story.

* Rise of The Clockwork Stallions, a fully developed ''Platform Game'' by [[http://darkerastudios.weebly.com/ Darkera Studios]], was removed from their site once they started to advertise their first original game. Thankfully, the original download link still exists, but it requires some Wayback Machine action in order to properly access. As the files are intact, some fans have gone so far as to store it on their personal cloud drives, allowing others to easily access the game if asked for.

* When Machinima closed it's [=YouTube=] channel, all of the videos were lost. However, some videos and series have been uploaded by fans who managed to have them saved, including ''Arby 'n The Chief'', as well as ''Pre-Game Lobby.''
** Unfortunately, there were a lot of early machinima made that was uploaded to Machinima.com that is still lost to this day.

* ''Anime/KillLaKill'' fanartist "Herokick" hid their Website/{{Tumblr}} page and left their [=AU=] comic uncompleted, thus the only way to view much of said comic (along with other fanart) was on their twitter page (which you'd have to already be following, as it was made private) but, apparently, the Twitter account has been deactivated, so the only way see the comic are imageboard sites, the Wayback Machine, or to search for it online.

* Some while back,there was a Walfas artist by the name of "Cirno is a Genius" who vanished from [=YouTube=], Twitter, and Tumblr, taking all of their videos with them. Unfortunately, besides one vid, there doesn't seem to be any trace/mirrors of their videos anywhere.

** ''FanFic/SnowAngels'' is only notable because it has a works page, but the author has long since pulled it from Website/FanFictionDotNet. A DramaticReading of the first few chapters does exist on [=YouTube=], but the videos have been made private (so only the dramatic reader's friends can see them) after somebody the dramatic reader knows in real life mistook him for the actual creator. Since ''Snow Angels'' is SoBadItsGood...

** In general, stories uploaded to the site have a nasty habit of disappearing without warning after a while. This is because ''WebSite/FanFictionDotNet'' likes to periodically purge inactive/long completed fics for the sake of saving space on the site.

* Kelly Green seems to consider her earliest, adulated ''[[FanFic/HauntedMansionAndTheHatboxGhost Haunted Mansion]]'' comics terrible and deleted them for Website/DeviantArt. Emma Mosier also deleted some of her early Phantom Manor doodles after being harassed by shippers who shamed her for her "Phantom/Melanie" AU. Fortunately, through a combination of fans having made personal copies on their hard drives and the ever-useful Internet Archive, most of those comics have been relocated and copies [[http://haunted-mansion-fandom.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Deleted can be seen on the wiki]].
* There used to be {{VideoGame/Touhou}} fancomic by pixiv user Wimifu, the which has a child Ran being raised by Yukari but, for some reason, the artist took their pixiv page down (or hid it, as the Wayback Machine says it's still around), thus the only way to view a good much of the comic and the artist's other artwork is through imageboard sites.

* Some while back, there was a Walfas artist by the name of "Cirno is a Genius" who vanished from [=YouTube=], taking all of their videos with them. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any trace/mirrors of their videos anywhere.

* When an Internet domain goes under, works by inattentive authors using that domain will disappear. The end of Geocities killed quite a few fanfics on unmaintained sites which had been popular enough to stay up by reader visits alone. Ones on Tripod and FortuneCity have also disappeared.

* Some while back, there was a {{Website/Walfas}} artist by the name of "Cirno is a Genius" who vanished from [=YouTube=], taking all of their videos with them. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any trace/mirrors of their videos anywhere.

* When Machinima closed it's YouTube channel, all of the videos were lost. However, some videos and series have been uploaded by fans who managed to have them saved, including ''Arby 'n The Chief'', as well as ''Pre-Game Lobby.''

* ''Fanfic/{{Paradise}}'' was a lengthy {{origin|SEpisode}} fanfic for Celestia and Luna detailing how they went from unassuming Earth pony foals to godlike alicorn princess'. In 2014 it was removed offline so that the writer could rewrite it. That has yet to occur due to personal reasons, but fans have archived the original story.

* ''Kill la Kill'' fanartist "Herokick", much like the above example, hid their tumblr page and left their [=AU=] comic uncompleted, thus the only way to view much of said comic (along with other fanart) was on their twitter page (which you'd have to already be following, as it was made private) but, apparently, the Twitter account has been recently deactivated, so the only way see the comic are imageboard sites, the Wayback Machine, or to search for it online.

* Any fanwork in a fandom under a FanworkBan usually becomes this. As most sites are pulled for fear of invoking legal wrath, some fanworks are made available through shady underground communities.

* ''Kill la Kill'' fanartist "Herokick", much like the above example, hid their tumblr page and left their [=AU=] comic uncompleted, thus the only way to view much of said comic (along with other fanart) was on their twitter page (which you'd have to already be following, as it's made private) but, apparently, the Twitter account was deactivated, so the only way see it are imageboard sites or to search for it online.

* ''Kill la Kill'' fanartist "Herokick", much like the above example, hid their tumblr page and left their [=AU=] comic uncompleted, thus the only way to view much of said comic (along with other fanart) is on their twitter page (which you'd have to already be following, as it's made private) and imageboard sites.

* ''Kill la Kill'' fanartist "Herokick", much like the above example, hid their tumblr page and left their [=AU=] comic uncompleted, thus the only way to view much of said comic (along with other fanart) is on their twitter page and imageboard sites.

* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/273/paradise Paradise]]'' was a lengthy {{origin|SEpisode}} fanfic for Celestia and Luna detailing how they went from unassuming Earth pony foals to godlike alicorn princess'. In 2014 it was removed offline so that the writer could rewrite it. That has yet to occur due to personal reasons, but fans have archived the original story.

* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/273/paradise Paradise]]'' was a lengthy {{origin|SEpisode}} fanfic for Celestia and Luna detailing how they went from unassuming Earth pony foals to godlike alicorn princess. In 2014 it was removed offline so that the writer could rewrite it. That has yet to occur due to personal reasons, but fans have archived the original story.

* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/273/paradise Paradise]]'' was a lengthy {{origin|Episode}} fanfic for Celestia and Luna detailing how they went from unassuming Earth pony foals to godlike alicorn princess. In 2014 it was removed offline so that the writer could rewrite it. That has yet to occur due to personal reasons, but fans have archived the original story.

** In general, stories uploaded to the site have a nasty habit of disappearing without warning after a while. This is because ''Site/FanFictionDotNet'' likes to periodically purge inactive/long completed fics for the sake of saving space on the site.