Remove or edit the built-in templates for new pages or news post on a communications site

[callumlinning]

Does anyone have any experience with removing or editing the built-in SharePoint templates when creating a new page or news post on a communications site? I want to remove them, but at the very least edit them so the 'Audience' for the Audience Targeting is pre-configured.

I can do this with a template that I've created and set it as the default, but I want to eliminate the risk of users choosing the wrong template as I need them to be pre-configured with an audience set.

[#2 · Accepted solution]

No, Currently microsoft doesn't provide anyway to hide these

[#3]

Thanks, Nicolas. Do you happen to know if there's a way to edit these built-in templates? In particular, the Template Details for the Audience Targeting

[#4]

No there's no editing of them either. So if you edit them and save, they will added under "Saved on this site" which is a seperate menu,

[#5]

Got it, thanks Nicolas. Appreciate the speedy response!

[#6]

@callumlinning I don't have a way to hide it or edit it. But I have a workaround. I made my custom template the default template, so when a user selects a new page, it takes them to the Saved on this site Tab.