# Variables settings

Variables has no settings tab of its own. It is controlled from the shared Capable settings screens and from ordinary Confluence space permissions. This is the complete list.

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## Every setting

| **Setting**                                              | **Where**                                     | **Who**                                                  | **What it does**                                                                              |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Capabilities**, then **Variables** (Visible or Hidden) | Capable global settings, **Capabilities** tab | Confluence administrators                                | Hides the Variables navigation item and the Variables byline item for everyone on the site.   |
| **Variables** (Auto, Always or Never)                    | Space settings, **Capabilities** card         | Space administrators                                     | Shows or hides the Variables byline item in one space.                                        |
| **Permissions** tab                                      | Capable global settings                       | People who manage permissions for global Capable content | Controls who manages restrictions on global variables, which live in the Capable Asset Store. |
| Space permissions on the **Capable Asset Store** space   | Confluence space settings                     | Confluence administrators                                | **View** decides who can read global variables; **Add pages** decides who can create them.    |

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## A few things worth knowing

* Hiding Variables only removes it from Capable's navigation and byline. Macros already on pages keep showing their values.
* Settings changes can take a minute to reach other people.
* Who can read and create space variables is decided by that space's own permissions. There is nothing extra to configure.

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## Related

### [Who can see a value](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/who-can-see-a-value.html)

Values follow space permissions.

### [Space and global variables](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/space-and-global-variables.html)

Where a variable lives.

### [Editions and availability](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/editions-and-availability.html)

Advanced edition, Suite only.

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_The complete list, in one table._