Turn Sites on or off for users

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As an administrator, you can turn Google Sites on or off for people in your organization. By default, Sites is turned on for your organization.

To use Sites in your organization...

Make sure that Sites and Google Drive are turned on for the users who you want to use Sites. For instructions, go to:

If you turn Sites off...

No one in your organization can create, view, or access Google Sites.

Control who uses Sites in your organization

Before you begin: To turn a service on or off for certain users, put their accounts in an organizational unit (to control access by department) or add them to an access group (to allow access for users across or within departments).
  1. In the Google Admin console, go to Menu and then  Apps and then Google Workspace and then Sites.

    Requires having the Service Settings administrator privilege.

  2. To turn Sites on or off:
    • Click Service status.
    • Select On for everyone or Off for everyone and click Save.
  3. To control who can create and edit new sites:

    • Click New Sites.
    • Click Site creation and editing.

      By default, Users can edit sites and Allow users to create new sites are enabled.

  4. Make sure that these settings are enabled for the organizational units you want them enabled for.

  5. (Optional) For the organizational units you don't want creating or editing in Sites, turn off these settings and click Save.

Changes can take up to 24 hours but typically happen more quickly. Learn more

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