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title: "Changing a target space after publishing content"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/CPCL/646971563/Changing%20a%20target%20space%20after%20publishing%20content"
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> Macro (aura-html)


## Changing the target space

You can change the target space in the source space app settings after content has already been published from the source space. Subsequent publishing actions publish any content previously published in the previous target space in the new target space.

Selecting a new target space in the **Target space dropdown menu** displays a warning banner.

![cpc_publishingdashboard_changetargetspace_warning.png](media://395ecbb1-ff51-457c-85b6-ea9bf64e0738)

> ℹ️ The warning is displayed before selecting the **Change** button to confirm the change of target space.

Choose **Change** to add the new target space.

The **Change** of the target space

- unlinks the current target space, and published pages in this old target space are no longer linked for publishing
- sets all pages in the source space as unpublished and the publishing state to **NEW**

You must confirm the **Change** in the dialog box

![image](media://3256de52-b661-454a-a555-a9a6c77c54fb)

The progress of the space reindex of the source space publishing is displayed in a progress bar.

![image](media://b3d86764-2486-49ab-ba23-d096bc7f4e4e)

The progress bar confirms that the publishing configuration change for the pages in the source space has been made. Their publishing state has been updated to **New**.

![image](media://51052628-82ce-4fc0-b543-193ad593ca5f)

> 📝 If the space has not been previously published, the space reindex progress bar and completion report are not displayed.

Successful change of the target space configuration is confirmed in an on-screen notification.

![image](media://455326bb-3840-4dd1-a53b-4967c510a802)

Source source pages must now be published and synced to the new target space.

> 📝 In the previous target space, published documents were not deleted but are no longer updated.

Publishing should not be attempted in spaces with a large number of pages while the change of target space is in progress.

## Target space permissions

> ℹ️ A space administrator user in the source space must have required permissions in the target space.

If the administrator does not have the necessary permissions in the selected target space in the [source space app space settings](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646644089), the **Target space** change option is disabled.

![image](media://5b716447-267f-4a67-be1c-49a42801101a)

- a message is displayed confirming that you do not have enough permissions in the selected space
- the **Enable publishing** option is inactive
- the **Clear configuration** option is inactive in the ellipsis menu

> ℹ️ If the space administrator attempts to change from an existing target space, refreshing the app space settings screen returns the settings to the existing target space configuration.

## Clear publishing configuration

You can also unlink an existing target space by selecting the **Clear Publishing configuration** option from the app space settings three-dot dropdown menu.

![cpc_publishingdashboard_extract_ellipsis_menu_clearpublishingconfiguration.png](media://07164c9b-fbf9-48f8-8d8b-21d5ff7e9a03)

This option removes the synchronization between the previously linked spaces and reindexes them.

An on-screen message confirms the removal of the publishing configuration from the named space.

![image](media://4faea2fa-bf29-4828-be3c-f6ebadae7418)

Publishing configuration is also cleared from the linked space.

> ℹ️ Space administrator permission is required for both the source and target spaces. Without permission for both spaces, the **Clear Publishing configuration** option is disabled (greyed out).