How can we lock published page on confluence to be read only?

[Klyova Dispatch]

Once page is published.

Can we lock published page to be read only?

[Kris Klima _K15t_]

Hi @Klyova Dispatch 

You have several options and the usefulness of each depends on the complexity of your use case and your permissions/restrictions arrangements.

What @Arkadiusz Wroblewski suggested works perfectly. You can expand this with user groups.

Or... at the space level, the solution is creating a setup that only gives edit access to specific users (group) while everybody else is just a reader.

Advanced method: Using the 'two-space method' - one space (Source) is accessible only to specific people who write content. The content is synchronized to the Target space that is strictly read-only.

[Arkadiusz Wroblewski]

Hello @Klyova Dispatch 

In Confluence Cloud, there isn’t a dedicated "lock after publish" button, but you can achieve the exact same result using page restrictions. Simply publishing a page doesn't make it read-only, as Confluence is built to be collaborative by default.

To effectively "lock" a page once it’s ready, click the lock icon at the top of the page. You’ll want to set the General Access to "Anyone can view," and then under Specific Access, only list the individuals or groups who are actually allowed to keep making changes. For everyone else, the "Edit" button will simply disappear, leaving them with a read-only version of the content.