# Stop a Confluence page from being published

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.

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## Before you start

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

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## 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**.

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## 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.

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## Related

### [capable\_never\_publish label](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/capable-never-publish-label.html)

How the label works.

### [Restrict who can publish Confluence pages](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/restrict-who-can-publish-confluence-pages.html)

Limit people rather than pages.

### [Page statuses](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/page-statuses.html)

What Failed means.

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_Some pages stay at home._