Setting "Allow users to create modern pages" will still allow users to create modern pages on modern sites

Question

We have unchecked this checkbox 3 days ago:-

now on classic site >> seems the option to create modern page will be removed:-

But for modern site the option is still there:-

any advice how we can prevent creating modern pages on modern sites?

Answer 1

Hi @john john ,
Note: Clear Allow users to create new modern pages, users can still add pages from other modern pages, either from the New menu or from modern webparts (such as News).

You can prevent users from creating modern pages on a specific site by using PowerShell.
Powershell code:

# Load SharePoint Online Client Components SDK Module  
Import-Module 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll'  
  
# Set script constants  
$sitePagesFeatureIdString = 'B6917CB1-93A0-4B97-A84D-7CF49975D4EC'  
  
# Set up client context  
$userName = Read-Host "Username"  
$password = Read-Host "Password" -AsSecureString  
$siteUrl = Read-Host "Site Url"  
$webUrl = Read-Host "Server-Relative Web Url"  
$context = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($siteUrl)  
$credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($userName, $password)  
$context.Credentials = $credentials  
  
# Get the list of existing features  
$web = $context.Site.OpenWeb($webUrl)  
$features = $web.Features  
$context.Load($features)  
$context.ExecuteQuery()  
  
# Verify that the Site Pages feature is present in the web  
if(($features | ? { $_.DefinitionId -eq $sitePagesFeatureIdString }).Count -eq 0)  
{  
    Write-Host "The Site Pages feature is already disabled in this web"  
    return  
}  
  
# Remove the Site Pages feature from the web  
$features.Remove((new-object 'System.Guid' $sitePagesFeatureIdString), $false)  
$context.ExecuteQuery()  
  
# Verify that the Site Pages feature is no longer present in the Web  
$web = $context.Site.OpenWeb($webUrl)  
$features = $web.Features  
$context.Load($features)  
$context.ExecuteQuery()  
if(($features | ? { $_.DefinitionId -eq $sitePagesFeatureIdString }).Count -eq 0)  
{  
    Write-Host "The Site Pages feature has been successfully disabled"  
}  
else  
{      
    throw "The Site Pages feature failed to be disabled"  
}   

Please refer to: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/sharepoint/let-users-create-modern-site-pages?WT.mc_id=365AdminCSH_spo

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