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Manage sites

This page explains how to manage Obsidian Publish sites.

A site is a collection of notes that's hosted by Obsidian Publish and available online, either through a Obsidian Publish address or a custom domain.

Create a new site

The number of sites that you can have at the same time is determined by your Obsidian Publish subscription. Before you create a new site, make sure that your subscription allows it.

In ribbon, to the left of the application window, click Publish changes ( ).
If you already have an existing site, click Switch site ( ).
In Site ID, enter the path you want for your site. For example, a site with the ID my-amazing-site is available from publish.obsidian.md/my-amazing-site.
Click Create.

Delete an existing site

Notes remain in your vault even after you delete a site.

In ribbon, to the left of the application window, click Publish changes ( ).
Click Switch site ( ).
Click Delete site ( ) to the right of the site you want to delete.
Click Delete to confirm.

Switch between sites

In ribbon, to the left of the application window, click Publish changes ( ).
Click Switch site ( ).
Click Choose to the right of the site you want to switch to.

Change the site ID

In ribbon, to the left of the application window, click Publish changes ( ).
Click Switch site ( ).
Click Edit site ID ( ) to the right of the site you want to edit.
In Site ID, enter the new ID for your site.
Click Change.

View site options

In ribbon, to the left of the application window, click Publish changes ( ).
In the Publish changes dialog, click Change site options ( ).

Site options

General

Option	Type	Description
Site Name	Input	The public name and title of your Obsidian Publish site.
Homepage File	Input	The location of the markdown file you want to act as your landing page.
Logo	Input	The image you want to act as your site banner. The image must be published.
Site Collaboration	Button	Declare other users you want to have access to edit your published notes. Users must have an Obsidian account.
Custom Domain	Button	Custom domains
Disallow search engine indexing	Toggle	Prevent respectful search engines from crawling your site by adding a `robots.txt` file.

Appearance

Option	Type	Description
Theme	Dropdown	Choose how your theme presents on your site; Light, Dark, or Adapt to System.
Light/Dark Toggle	Toggle	Allow users to toggle Light/Dark mode with a toggle button on your site.

Reading experience

Option	Type	Description
Show hover preview	Toggle	Enable or disable the ability of page preview when hovering over an active, internal link.
Hide page title	Toggle	Enable or disable the inline title of a published note to be displayed.
Readable line length	Toggle	Enable or disable readable line length within your site.
Strict line breaks	Toggle	Enable or disable single line breaks from being displayed on your site.
Stack Pages	Toggle	Enable or disable Stacked tabs on your site.

Components

Option	Type	Description
Show navigation	Toggle	Enable or disable the File explorer view on your publish site.
Customize navigation	Button	Customize the order of how your files are listed if Show navigation is toggled on.
Show search bar	Toggle	Enable or disable a search bar on your site.
Show graph view	Toggle	Enable or disable the graph view within the right sidebar of your site.
Show table of contents	Toggle	Enable or disable the Table of contents view on your site.
Show backlinks	Toggle	Enable or disable Backlinks on your site.

Other site settings

Option	Type	Description
Passwords	Button	Set a password to restrict access to your entire site.
Google Analytics tracking code	Input	Custom Domain Url Only. Place your Google Analytics site tracking code here.