Stop a Confluence page from being published

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To stop a Confluence page from being published, add the label capable_never_publish to it. Any publish attempt, by hand, by approval or in a bulk run, is then refused and recorded as Failed with the reason Publishing disabled by label. Remove the label to allow publishing again. Nothing else needs to change.

#Before you start

  • You can edit the page, so you can add labels to it.

#Steps

  1. Open the page that must never be published.

  2. Open the page's labels and add capable_never_publish.

  3. Optionally, try to publish it: the byline shows Publish Failed with Publishing disabled by label.

#What happens next

The page stays in the source space only. It shows in the Failed list on the Publishing space page whenever a publish was attempted. A copy published before you added the label stays in the target space until you delete it there.

Some pages stay at home.