# Turn Confluence quality rules on or off

To turn Confluence quality rules on or off, open Capable Quality, select **Rules** under **Manage** and set each rule to **Priority**, **Warning**, **Info** or **Off**. Select **Save changes**. The rules apply to the whole site, and page bylines follow the new levels the next time a page loads.

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## Before you start

| **You need**                                                  | **Why**                                                                                          |
| ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Capable Quality, or the Capable Suite on the Advanced edition | Quality is part of Capable Quality for Confluence and the Advanced edition of the Capable Suite. |
| Confluence administrator                                      | Only Confluence administrators can save changes on the **Rules** page.                           |

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## Steps

1. Open Capable Quality: select **Capable Quality** in the Confluence **Apps** menu, or in a space sidebar to see only that space (in the Suite, **Capable**, then **Quality**).
2. Under **Manage**, select **Rules**.
3. For each rule, choose **Priority** (red), **Warning** (amber), **Info** (blue) or **Off**. Rules are grouped under **Content & Structure**, **Accessibility**, **Language** and **Compliance**.
4. Some rules need more once they are on: a **Mode:** for **Heading capitalization**, domains for **Disallowed domain links**, macros for **Disallowed macros**, an age for **Stale content** and labels for **Disallowed labels**.
5. Select **Save changes**. **Unsaved changes** shows next to the button until you do.

![The Rules page with Priority, Warning, Info and Off buttons for each rule](https://help.gocapable.com/images/f21e1c08-b840-4fcd-b8a1-5c951ed849d3.webp)

Choose a level for each rule, or Off to turn it off. Then select Save changes.

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## Which rules are on to start with

| **Rule**                                                                                                                             | **Starts as** |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------- |
| Image alt text                                                                                                                       | Warning       |
| Heading sequence                                                                                                                     | Info          |
| Folder candidate                                                                                                                     | Info          |
| No headings                                                                                                                          | Info          |
| Inappropriate language                                                                                                               | Priority      |
| Non-inclusive language                                                                                                               | Priority      |
| Heading capitalization, Empty page, Disallowed domain links, Disallowed macros, Third-party macros, Stale content, Disallowed labels | Off           |

If saving fails with **Failed to save. You may need Confluence admin permissions.**, ask a Confluence administrator. Opening Quality from a space changes the same site-wide rules.

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## Related

### [Quality settings](https://help.gocapable.com/quality/quality-settings.html)

Turn Quality on or off.

### [Flag links to a blocked domain in Confluence](https://help.gocapable.com/quality/flag-links-to-a-blocked-domain-in-confluence.html)

A rule with extra settings.

### [Find outdated Confluence pages](https://help.gocapable.com/quality/find-outdated-confluence-pages.html)

Another one.

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