# Excluding pages

Exclusion is by label. Add the label in Confluence and the page stops publishing on the next build.

There is no per-page toggle in the Sites interface, and custom exclude labels are not configurable.

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## The two labels

| **Label**                       | **Purpose**                                                  |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| capable-sites-exclude           | The Capable label. Use this one                              |
| scroll-help-center-exclude-page | Honoured for compatibility with content migrated from Scroll |

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**This is your only tool for keeping a page off a public site.** Page restrictions do not stop publication. If a page must not be public, label it or move it out of the published space.

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## What excluding does

* The page is not built, so it does not appear on the site or in the sitemap.
* It takes effect on the next Update, like any other change.
* Child pages are not excluded automatically. Label each one.

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## A few things worth knowing

* A custom exclude label field is stored per site but no screen writes it, so only the two built-ins work.
* Removing the label republishes the page on the next build.
* Excluding a page does not remove it from an already-promoted site until you promote again.

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## Related

[What becomes a pageThe bigger picture.](https://help.gocapable.com/sites/what-becomes-a-page.html)

[Who can see your siteProtecting the whole site instead.](https://help.gocapable.com/sites/who-can-see-your-site.html)

[Update and promoteApplying the change.](https://help.gocapable.com/sites/update-and-promote.html)

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_Labels only. Restrictions are not exclusion._