What does the Inactive status indicate tor a guide?

The Inactive status means that the guide is not visible to any users, neither in the development (staging) nor in the production environment. The guide can be re-activated if necessary by changing its status to Active, Testing, or Offline. The Inactive status is different from the Archive status, which is used to move guides that are no longer needed to a separate folder for backuppurposes. References: Statuses, Troubleshooting