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This page contains an overview of how to use page restrictions in Confluence. |
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Overview
Page restrictions allow you to control who can view or edit individual pages. You can set the page restrictions from the Page Restrictions dialog. You can also set restrictions when editing a page, in the Restrictions section near the bottom of the page.
The Page Restrictions dialog is accessed from Tools > Restrictions.
For instructions on using the Page Restrictions dialog, refer to Setting a Page's Restrictions.
When a page you are viewing has restrictions applied, a small padlock icon 
appears next to the page byline. Clicking the padlock will open the Page Restrictions dialog, where full details on the page restrictions are displayed.
Screenshot: The Confluence Page Restrictions Dialog Box
The Confluence Permissions and Page Restrictions Hierarchy
Permissions and page restrictions in Confluence work within a hierarchical manner. For example, users who can access and modify global permissions (for instance, Confluence Administrators) can define which users can access and modify space level permissions (that is, space administrators). Space administrators can then define which users have access to create and modify pages. These users in turn can then apply viewing and editing restrictions to a page. By inheritance, these restrictions will also be applied to any child or descendant pages which are then added to that page.
See the diagram below for an illustration.
Diagram: Confluence Restrictions Hierarchy
Requirements for Setting Restrictions
In order to set or modify page restrictions, you need to have both:
- 'Restrict Pages' permission in the space to which the page belongs (since page restrictions operate within the bounds of space permissions).
- Permission to edit the page itself. That is, if a user is prevented from editing a page through page restrictions, they are also prevented from changing the restrictions themselves.
Page Security Rules
Users can only view page or space content for which they (or a group they are in) have 'View' permission. Pages that a user does not have 'View' access to are referred to as 'inaccessible' pages. Visit Inaccessible Page to see how Confluence deals with pages a user cannot view:
- Anonymous users are directed to the login page.
- Logged-in users are shown a permissions error page.
It is not possible to conceal the existence of pages, though you can restrict 'View' access to page content.