How do you remove custom statuses
Asked by David Meyenberg:

I was testing custom statuses and created a test one. It now appears in the drop down when selecting custom statuses and I cannot remove it. In Space Settings-\>Content Statuses I see the option to delete default statuses but not custom ones.


Answers:
author: David Meyenberg
body: The workaround I found was to disable "Create custom statuses" and just add the statuses I needed through the Suggest statuses-\>"Create a status"

![Screen Shot 2022-11-19 at 12.25.48 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/226650i5497D9F94696B885/image-dimensions/392x302?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2022-11-19 at 12.25.48 PM.png")

comments: author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Nice! Than for posting your workaround!


author: Levente Szabo _Midori_
body: Confluence page statuses can be done better than what Atlassian offers in Confluence.

I recommend looking at the suite of features in [Better Content Archiving for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/123/better-content-archiving-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview&utm_campaign=gh&utm_medium=cac-comment-2195589&utm_source=cac). It has automatic statuses and much more.

This is a [comprehensive article on Confluence page statutes](https://www.midori-global.com/blog/2023/04/28/confluence-page-status?utm_campaign=gh&utm_medium=cac-comment-2195589&utm_source=cac) \>\>  
It's a tutorial on what's possible for Confluence page status with pointers on how to continue beyond statuses and create a Confluence content lifecycle management strategy.

[Go this way if you prefer a video \>\>](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAVluzLTEw)

![20230428-confluence-cloud-content-statuses.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/273498i8239EF320D7FE7F7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "20230428-confluence-cloud-content-statuses.png")

*(Please note that Better Content Archiving is a free/paid, and supported app and I'm part of the team developing it.)*


author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Hi [@David Meyenberg](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5082776) and welcome to the community,

If you go to space settings \> content statuses can't you delete it from there? I just created a status and I can delete it:

![delete status.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/226583iC6ADE9F2C4E2D9AF/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "delete status.png")

comments: author: David Meyenberg
body: It does not appear on that list for me. See pictures below. "custom status" was the test one.

![Screen Shot 2022-11-18 at 2.23.39 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/226610i8C60D74B08C6B8EB/image-dimensions/259x343?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2022-11-18 at 2.23.39 PM.png")

![Screen Shot 2022-11-18 at 2.23.29 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/226611iC0B8CDFFD997E198/image-dimensions/276x346?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2022-11-18 at 2.23.29 PM.png")


author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Hi [@David Meyenberg](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5082776)

If you have added the status from the "Add status" button, then you can't delete it. The good news is that you can restore the default suggestions if:

* Go to space settings \> Content statuses
* Create a new status
* Click Restore Defaults

![restore defaults.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/226645i7136020E01A47139/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "restore defaults.png")

I tried it on my instance and works just fine.


author: David Meyenberg
body: It did not give me an option to restore defaults. I needed to create a status from that page and then I was able to restore defaults. This only removed the newly created one though. Even when turning off suggested statuses, I still see the custom one. I originally added it while editing a page, see in image below. If you add one this way, are you able to delete it?

![Screen Shot 2022-11-19 at 12.03.59 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/226649i72F253B01603E663/image-dimensions/308x384?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2022-11-19 at 12.03.59 PM.png")


author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: That's strange..

On my instance, the proposed solution worked, perhaps because it was the first one. Then I would only assume that it's part of the suggestion <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-74269>


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