I saw the reset feature — which comes with a caution against using it. But there doesn’t seem to be any explanation as to how it works. The version number is a component of the tarball name. Is the tarball renamed? And the version number is embedded within the module source files inside the tarball . Are those changed? I presume not. I’m sure all these questions will be answered once I stumble through this process the first time. But it would be nice to know in advance. The documentation is pretty thin on PAUSE mechanics. Perhaps resetting the version will simply lower the current module down the list where it effectively becomes irrelevant. If I then republish it with a new, higher version number, PAUSE will see it as a newer version. I still have a window of opportunity to cancel the deletions I submitted. Tomorrow, I’ll try cancelling the deletions try resetting the version number. I just hope that doesn’t take a week.