diff --git a/src/dashboards/AssignmentCard.tsx b/src/dashboards/AssignmentCard.tsx
index 06c68e82..6466a335 100644
--- a/src/dashboards/AssignmentCard.tsx
+++ b/src/dashboards/AssignmentCard.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {usePDFDownload} from "@/hooks/usePDFDownload";
 import {useAssignmentArchive} from "@/hooks/useAssignmentArchive";
 import {uniqBy} from "lodash";
 import {useAssignmentUnarchive} from "@/hooks/useAssignmentUnarchive";
+import {useAssignmentRelease} from "@/hooks/useAssignmentRelease";
 import {getUserName} from "@/utils/users";
 import {User} from "@/interfaces/user";
 
@@ -40,11 +41,14 @@ export default function AssignmentCard({
 	allowUnarchive,
 	allowExcelDownload,
 	users,
+	released,
 }: Assignment & Props) {
 	const renderPdfIcon = usePDFDownload("assignments");
 	const renderExcelIcon = usePDFDownload("assignments", "excel");
 	const renderArchiveIcon = useAssignmentArchive(id, reload);
 	const renderUnarchiveIcon = useAssignmentUnarchive(id, reload);
+	const renderReleaseIcon = useAssignmentRelease(id, reload);
+
 
 	const calculateAverageModuleScore = (module: Module) => {
 		const resultModuleBandScores = results.map((r) => {
@@ -66,10 +70,11 @@ export default function AssignmentCard({
 				<div className="flex flex-row justify-between">
 					<h3 className="text-xl font-semibold">{name}</h3>
 					<div className="flex gap-2">
-						{allowDownload && renderPdfIcon(id, "text-mti-gray-dim", "text-mti-gray-dim")}
-						{allowExcelDownload && renderExcelIcon(id, "text-mti-gray-dim", "text-mti-gray-dim")}
+						{allowDownload && released && renderPdfIcon(id, "text-mti-gray-dim", "text-mti-gray-dim")}
+						{allowExcelDownload && released && renderExcelIcon(id, "text-mti-gray-dim", "text-mti-gray-dim")}
 						{allowArchive && !archived && renderArchiveIcon("text-mti-gray-dim", "text-mti-gray-dim")}
 						{allowUnarchive && archived && renderUnarchiveIcon("text-mti-gray-dim", "text-mti-gray-dim")}
+						{!released && renderReleaseIcon("text-mti-gray-dim", "text-mti-gray-dim")}
 					</div>
 				</div>
 				<ProgressBar
diff --git a/src/hooks/useAssignmentRelease.tsx b/src/hooks/useAssignmentRelease.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..238a2684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/useAssignmentRelease.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import React from "react";
+import axios from "axios";
+import {toast} from "react-toastify";
+import {BsDoorOpen} from "react-icons/bs";
+
+export const useAssignmentRelease = (assignmentId: string, reload?: Function) => {
+	const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState(false);
+	const archive = () => {
+		// archive assignment
+		setLoading(true);
+		axios
+			.post(`/api/assignments/${assignmentId}/release`)
+			.then((res) => {
+				toast.success("Assignment archived!");
+				if (reload) reload();
+				setLoading(false);
+			})
+			.catch((err) => {
+				toast.error("Failed to archive the assignment!");
+				setLoading(false);
+			});
+	};
+
+	const renderIcon = (downloadClasses: string, loadingClasses: string) => {
+		if (loading) {
+			return <span className={`${loadingClasses} loading loading-infinity w-6`} />;
+		}
+		return (
+			<div
+				className="tooltip flex items-center justify-center w-fit h-fit"
+				data-tip="Release assignment"
+				onClick={(e) => {
+					e.stopPropagation();
+					archive();
+				}}>
+				<BsDoorOpen className={`${downloadClasses} text-2xl cursor-pointer tooltip`} />
+			</div>
+		);
+	};
+
+	return renderIcon;
+};
diff --git a/src/interfaces/results.ts b/src/interfaces/results.ts
index 1f4f4685..76c2cf84 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/results.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces/results.ts
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ export interface Assignment {
 	startDate: Date;
 	endDate: Date;
 	archived?: boolean;
+	released?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/src/pages/api/assignments/[id]/release.ts b/src/pages/api/assignments/[id]/release.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..894524e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/api/assignments/[id]/release.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from "next";
+import { app } from "@/firebase";
+import { getFirestore, doc, getDoc, setDoc } from "firebase/firestore";
+import { withIronSessionApiRoute } from "iron-session/next";
+import { sessionOptions } from "@/lib/session";
+
+const db = getFirestore(app);
+
+export default withIronSessionApiRoute(handler, sessionOptions);
+
+async function post(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
+  // verify if it's a logged user that is trying to archive
+  if (req.session.user) {
+    const { id } = req.query as { id: string };
+    const docSnap = await getDoc(doc(db, "assignments", id));
+
+    if (!docSnap.exists()) {
+      res.status(404).json({ ok: false });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    await setDoc(docSnap.ref, { released: true }, { merge: true });
+    res.status(200).json({ ok: true });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  res.status(401).json({ ok: false });
+}
+
+async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
+  if (req.method === "POST") return post(req, res);
+  res.status(404).json({ ok: false });
+}