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title: "Ignore target space changes"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/CPCL/2376368274/Ignore%20target%20space%20changes"
format: markdown
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> Macro (aura-html)


## Overview

When the **Ignore Target Changes** setting is **active**, a change made on a published and synced target space page is ignored.

![appspacesettings_withignoretarget changes_withspoacepublish.png](media://2b3650fc-1f0e-49a8-ac55-d1d6a7240a47)

For example, when **Ignore Target Changes** is active, adding a label to a published and synced page in the target space does not change the publishing state from **SYNCED** to **OUT OF SYNC**

## What this setting does

![appspacesettings_extract_ignoretargetchanges.png](media://ea3d27bb-6335-4401-a5b7-f714f2f3748b)

When the **Ignore Target Changes** setting is made **active**, on a published and synced page, the publishing status:

- Remains **SYNCED **when a change is made on a page  in the TARGET space
- Changes  to **OUT OF SYNC** when the change is made on a page in the SOURCE space

When **active**, all changes for a target space page are ignored:

- **Label** **change** - label added or removed
- **Attachment change**- attachment added or removed
- **Page updated**
- **Page moved** with a change of hierarchy
- **Page deleted**

When the **Ignore Target Changes** setting is made **inactive:**

![appspacesettings_extract_ignoretargetchanges_inactive.png](media://68f31bfc-2e8a-4427-a626-d75c391cfd5b)

All changes in a published and synced page in either of the linked spaces (the SOURCE space or the TARGET space) change the publishing status to **OUT OF SYNC.**

Making the setting **inactive** does not change the **SYNCED** status if changes were made on a target space page whilst the setting was active. 

## When would I use this?

After publishing and syncing a page (or space), this setting can be used to add labels or attachments that are specific to the pages in the target space without changing the publishing status.

> ⚠️ You should use this setting with care. When it is active, and a target space page is edited and updated, the publishing state remains as **SYNCED** on the source and target space pages and in the publishing report.

Publishing and syncing a source space page removes any changes made on the target space page; for example, a label that has been added to the target space page is removed.

## Related pages

- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/1690993743](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/1690993743)