# Restrict who can publish Confluence pages

To restrict who can publish Confluence pages, open Publishing **Space settings**, go to the **Permissions** tab, turn on **Restrict publish permissions**, add up to 50 people with **Add users**, and save. Only those people and space administrators can then publish pages from the byline.

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## Before you start

* You are a space administrator of the source space.
* The people you add already have edit permission on the pages they will publish.

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## Steps

1. Open the space and select **Capable Publishing** in the sidebar (in the Suite, **Capable**, then **Publishing**). Under Manage, select **Space settings**.
2. Select the **Permissions** tab.
3. Turn on **Restrict publish permissions**.
4. Select **Add users** and add each person who may publish. You can add up to 50.
5. Select **Save**.

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## If it does not work

* With the switch on but nobody in the list, everyone who can edit a page can still publish it. Add at least one person.
* Space administrators can always publish, whether or not they are in the list.
* The restriction covers manual publishing only. Publishing on approval and bulk runs started by administrators are not affected.
* To stop manual publishing altogether, turn off **Allow manual publishing** on the Setup tab instead.

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## Related

### [Turned on "Restrict publish permissions" but everyone can still publish](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/turned-on-restrict-publish-permissions-but-everyone-can-still-publish.html)

The empty-list case.

### [Publishing settings](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/publishing-settings.html)

The Permissions tab in detail.

### [Publish button is missing from the byline on a page I can edit](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/publish-button-is-missing-from-the-byline-on-a-page-i-can-edit.html)

Why the button may be hidden.

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