Forum Discussion
New Site Pages - Remove Promote Feature
After some research it looks like this is a common pain point, but per several MS responses there is currently no way to disable this.
Sorry to have to say!
MicrosoftHello All,
We can use the following workaround to un-promote the page.
Step1 :
Go to Site Pages and library and Change the view to “By Promoted State” which will show the Promoted State Column on the view.
If the view is not available then create one using the steps below once you are on the All Pages view.
select + Add column. Then, from that drop down, select Show/hide columns. You will now see Promoted State Column, select it and then be sure to save the view.
Step2: Left click on the Promoted State Colum and choose Column settings and then Edit.
Step3: On the Edit Column panel, go to Default Value Field and replace 0 with blank value and click Save.
Step4: Repeat Step 2 again and Update the Default Value Field back to the Value 0.
Step5 : Select the Page that you wanted to Un-Promote and go to the properties and Select Edit Item to Change the Promoted State Value to 0 (un-promote).
Outcome : The above page will no longer appear in the News Web part.