Disable capabilities

#Hide Capabilities across the whole site

You can hide capabilities across the entire site by using the global settings page.

Change capability visibility

#Hide Capabilities inside a Space

You can change the visibility of capabilities within pages based on the containing Space provided you are a Space Administrator. This will let you set which Capable items appear at the top of a page - you can hide certain capabilities, or set others to always be shown.

#1. Open a Space where you are an Admin

#2. Click on ‘Space settings’ in the sidepanel

Open space settings

#3. Click on ‘Capable’ in the ‘Integrations' section

Capable for Confluence space settings

#4. Configure capability visibility

Choose which capabilities:

  • Always On - are always shown at the top of pages,

  • Always Off - which should always be hidden

  • Auto - to only show byline items when there is data for them

Capable global visibility settings

#5. See how your changes affect the page byline

The top of the page will now show elements according to your selection - here's an example with dates, markdown and approval pinned.

Confluence page byline