diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 422ccdf..a0b449e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ refresh tokens may expire, and you will have to run
 to get a new pair of tokens.
 
 
-### Cli
+### Interface
 
 ```
 # basic commands:
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ fairpost: @userid schedule-posts [--source=xxx] [--platforms=xxx,xxx|--platform=
 fairpost: @userid schedule-next-post --platform=xxx [--date=xxxx-xx-xx] [--sources=xxx,xxx|--stage]
 fairpost: @userid publish-post --post=xxx:xxx [--dry-run]
 fairpost: @userid publish-posts [--source=xxx] [--platforms=xxx,xxx|--platform=xxx]
+fairpost: @userid set-status [--post=xxx:xxx|--posts=xxx:xxx,xxx:xxx]
 
 # feed planning:
 fairpost: @userid prepare-posts  [--sources=xxx,xxx|--source=xxx|--stage=xxx] [--platforms=xxx,xxx|--platform=xxx]
diff --git a/src/mappers/PostMapper.ts b/src/mappers/PostMapper.ts
index cbd5788..f838d9f 100644
--- a/src/mappers/PostMapper.ts
+++ b/src/mappers/PostMapper.ts
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@ export default class PostMapper extends AbstractMapper<PostDto> {
       get: ["managePosts"],
       set: ["none"],
     },
-    skip: {
-      type: "boolean",
-      label: "Skip",
-      get: ["managePosts"],
-      set: ["managePosts"],
-    },
     status: {
       type: "string",
       label: "Status",
@@ -156,9 +150,6 @@ export default class PostMapper extends AbstractMapper<PostDto> {
         case "valid":
           dto[field] = this.post.valid;
           break;
-        case "skip":
-          dto[field] = this.post.skip;
-          break;
         case "status":
           dto[field] = this.post.status;
           break;
@@ -214,9 +205,6 @@ export default class PostMapper extends AbstractMapper<PostDto> {
     for (const field in dto) {
       if (field in fields) {
         switch (field) {
-          case "skip":
-            this.post.skip = !!dto[field];
-            break;
           case "scheduled":
             this.post.scheduled = new Date((dto.scheduled as string) ?? "");
             break;
diff --git a/src/models/Platform.ts b/src/models/Platform.ts
index 243de35..c67ca9d 100644
--- a/src/models/Platform.ts
+++ b/src/models/Platform.ts
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ export default class Platform {
    * This also does some janitor checks ..
    * - if a post is scheduled without a date, it will be unscheduled
    * - if a post is already published, it will be marked as such
-   * - if a post is marked as skip, it will be unscheduled
    * @param sources
    * @returns the above post or none
    */
@@ -251,15 +250,6 @@ export default class Platform {
           await post.save();
           continue;
         }
-        if (post.skip) {
-          this.user.log.warn(
-            "Found scheduled post marked skip. Unscheduling post.",
-            post.id,
-          );
-          post.status = PostStatus.UNSCHEDULED;
-          await post.save();
-          continue;
-        }
         if (post.published) {
           this.user.log.warn(
             "Found scheduled post previously published. Marking published.",
@@ -310,7 +300,7 @@ export default class Platform {
    *
    * Presume the post may have already been prepared
    * before, and manually adapted later. For example,
-   * post.skip may have manually been set to true.
+   * post.status may have manually been set to canceled.
    * @param source - the source for which to prepare a post for this platform
    * @param save - wether to save the post already
    * @returns the prepared post
@@ -404,12 +394,7 @@ export default class Platform {
     const nextDate = date ? date : await this.getNextPostDate(includeAll);
     for (const source of sources) {
       const post = await this.getPost(source);
-      if (
-        post &&
-        post.valid &&
-        !post.skip &&
-        post.status === PostStatus.UNSCHEDULED
-      ) {
+      if (post && post.valid && post.status === PostStatus.UNSCHEDULED) {
         await post.schedule(nextDate);
         return post;
       }
diff --git a/src/models/Post.ts b/src/models/Post.ts
index c0835ee..23e5500 100644
--- a/src/models/Post.ts
+++ b/src/models/Post.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ export default class Post {
   source: Source;
   platform: Platform;
   valid: boolean = false;
-  skip: boolean = false;
   status: PostStatus = PostStatus.UNKNOWN;
   prepared: boolean = true;
   private originalStatus: PostStatus = PostStatus.UNKNOWN;
@@ -249,6 +248,50 @@ export default class Post {
     // done
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Change this posts status and save it
+   *
+   * this just sets the status to whatever given; also updates
+   * or removes published and scheduled dates to match
+   * @param status - the status to change it to
+   */
+
+  async setStatus(status: PostStatus) {
+    this.platform.user.log.trace("Post", "setStatus", status);
+    if (!this.prepared) {
+      throw this.platform.user.log.error("Post is not prepared");
+    }
+    if (!this.valid) {
+      throw this.platform.user.log.error("Post is not valid");
+    }
+
+    if (this.status === status) {
+      throw this.platform.user.log.error("Post already on status " + status);
+    }
+    this.platform.user.log.warn("Changing post status to " + status);
+    switch (status) {
+      case PostStatus.UNSCHEDULED:
+        this.platform.user.log.warn("Removing scheduled and published dates");
+        delete this.scheduled;
+        delete this.published;
+        break;
+      case PostStatus.SCHEDULED:
+        this.platform.user.log.warn(
+          "Resetting scheduled date, removing published date, r",
+        );
+        this.scheduled = this.scheduled || new Date();
+        delete this.published;
+        break;
+      case PostStatus.PUBLISHED:
+        this.platform.user.log.warn("Resetting scheduled and published dates");
+        this.scheduled = this.scheduled || new Date();
+        this.published = this.published || new Date();
+        break;
+    }
+    this.status = status;
+    await this.save();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Schedule this post and save it
    *
@@ -264,8 +307,8 @@ export default class Post {
     if (!this.valid) {
       throw this.platform.user.log.error("Post is not valid");
     }
-    if (this.skip) {
-      throw this.platform.user.log.error("Post is marked to be skipped");
+    if (this.status === PostStatus.CANCELED) {
+      throw this.platform.user.log.error("Post has status canceled");
     }
     if (this.status !== PostStatus.UNSCHEDULED) {
       this.platform.user.log.warn("Rescheduling post");
@@ -292,8 +335,8 @@ export default class Post {
     if (!this.valid) {
       throw this.platform.user.log.error("Post is not valid", this.id);
     }
-    if (this.skip) {
-      throw this.platform.user.log.error("Post is marked skip", this.id);
+    if (this.status === PostStatus.CANCELED) {
+      throw this.platform.user.log.error("Post has status canceled", this.id);
     }
     if (this.published) {
       throw this.platform.user.log.error("Post was already published", this.id);
diff --git a/src/models/Source.ts b/src/models/Source.ts
index fc59899..dc77b32 100644
--- a/src/models/Source.ts
+++ b/src/models/Source.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ export default class Source {
           (post: Post) =>
             post.status === PostStatus.PUBLISHED ||
             post.status === PostStatus.CANCELED ||
-            post.skip ||
             !post.valid,
         )
       ) {
diff --git a/src/services/Fairpost.ts b/src/services/Fairpost.ts
index b0a5358..50477f9 100644
--- a/src/services/Fairpost.ts
+++ b/src/services/Fairpost.ts
@@ -550,6 +550,54 @@ class Fairpost {
           }
           break;
         }
+        case "set-status": {
+          if (!permissions.schedulePosts) {
+            throw new Error("Missing permissions for command " + command);
+          }
+          if (!user) {
+            throw new Error("user is required for command " + command);
+          }
+          if (!args.platforms && args.platform) {
+            args.platforms = [args.platform];
+          }
+          if (!args.sources && args.source) {
+            args.sources = [args.source];
+          }
+          if (!args.sources) {
+            throw user.log.error(
+              "CommandHandler " + command,
+              "Missing argument: sources",
+            );
+          }
+          if (!args.status) {
+            throw user.log.error(
+              "CommandHandler " + command,
+              "Missing argument: status",
+            );
+          }
+          const feed = user.getFeed();
+          const sources = await feed.getSources(args.sources);
+          const platforms = user.getPlatforms(args.platforms);
+          output = {} as { [id in PlatformId]: CombinedResult };
+          for (const source of sources) {
+            for (const platform of platforms) {
+              try {
+                const post = await platform.getPost(source);
+                await post.setStatus(args.status);
+                output[platform.id] = {
+                  success: true,
+                  result: await post.mapper.getDto(operator),
+                };
+              } catch (e) {
+                output[platform.id] = {
+                  success: false,
+                  message: e instanceof Error ? e.message : JSON.stringify(e),
+                };
+              }
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+        }
         case "schedule-post": {
           if (!permissions.schedulePosts) {
             throw new Error("Missing permissions for command " + command);
@@ -864,6 +912,7 @@ class Fairpost {
               `${cmd} @userid schedule-next-post --platform=xxx [--date=xxxx-xx-xx] [--sources=xxx,xxx|--stage=xxx]`,
               `${cmd} @userid publish-post --post=xxx:xxx [--dry-run]`,
               `${cmd} @userid publish-posts [--source=xxx] [--platforms=xxx,xxx|--platform=xxx]`,
+              `${cmd} @userid set-status [--post=xxx:xxx|--posts=xxx:xxx,xxx:xxx]`,
               "\n# feed planning:",
               `${cmd} @userid prepare-posts  [--sources=xxx,xxx|--source=xxx|--stage=xxx] [--platforms=xxx,xxx|--platform=xxx]`,
               `${cmd} @userid schedule-next-posts [--date=xxxx-xx-xx] [--sources=xxx,xxx|--stage] [--platforms=xxx,xxx] `,
diff --git a/src/types/PostDto.ts b/src/types/PostDto.ts
index ceb2df7..d9f7fc5 100644
--- a/src/types/PostDto.ts
+++ b/src/types/PostDto.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ export default interface PostDto {
   platform_id?: string;
   source_id?: string;
   valid?: boolean;
-  skip?: boolean;
   status?: PostStatus;
   scheduled?: string; // date
   published?: string; // date