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What is the Difference Between Home and Collab Home in SharePoint?
Question details
The user wants to understand why a SharePoint team site has both a default Home page and a Collab Home page, and how to manage these duplicate pages.
- Product
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Device & OS
- not provided
- Scenario
- Navigating and managing page layouts in a newly created or updated SharePoint team site.
- Observed behavior
- The SharePoint site displays both a system-created 'Home' page and a 'Collab Home' page in the Site Pages library, causing confusion regarding their distinct purposes.
Ensure you have Edit or Full Control permissions on your SharePoint team site before attempting to modify or delete pages from the Site Pages library.
Review and Manage Your SharePoint Site Pages
Understand the distinct roles of the standard Home page and the Collab Home page, and safely remove the redundant one if it is not needed by your team.
In newer SharePoint site designs, you may notice two similar homepage files. The 'Home' page is automatically generated by the core SharePoint site design structure as a baseline. In contrast, the 'Collab Home' page is a newer addition tailored specifically to support and enhance the site's team collaboration experience with modern web parts.
Having both pages is not an error, but it can cause administrative confusion. If your team prefers a single homepage layout and only uses one of them, you can safely delete the unused Collab Home page without affecting your site's files or document libraries.
Log in to your SharePoint team site. Click the gear icon (Settings) in the top-right corner of the screen and select 'Site contents' from the drop-down menu.
In the Site contents menu, locate the list of libraries and click on 'Site Pages'. This will display all the pages associated with your SharePoint site.
Locate both 'Home' and 'Collab Home' in the list. If you decide that 'Collab Home' is not needed, click the vertical ellipsis (three dots) next to its name, select 'Delete', and confirm your choice.
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- 3. Collaborate with Your Team: Utilize WPS Cloud features to co-edit documents, leave comments, and share files seamlessly with your team members.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I set Collab Home as my default SharePoint homepage?
Yes. Navigate to Settings > Site contents > Site Pages, click the vertical ellipsis (three dots) next to the Collab Home file, and select 'Make homepage' from the menu.
Will deleting Collab Home delete my team's documents?
No. Deleting the Collab Home page only removes the visual layout page itself. Your document libraries, lists, and uploaded files will remain safely stored within the site contents.
Why did Collab Home suddenly appear on my existing SharePoint site?
Microsoft frequently rolls out updates to SharePoint Online templates. The Collab Home page may automatically generate when modern team collaboration features or updated site templates are applied to your existing site architecture.
