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**Category:** support\
**Created:** [December 29, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/disable-html-output-format/42136 "2022-12-29T23:33:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:**  [@sd991](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/sd991)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/disable-html-output-format/42136/1 "2022-12-29T23:33:50Z")
## Problem 1
I want to disable HTML outputs for kind `pages`. But I want to enable it for kind `section`.
However I see that Hugo generates html files for kind `pages` even after setting `disableKinds = ['page']` in `config.toml`.
## Problem 2
I also observed that Hugo generates the following files on it’s own. I have neither provided any sitemap templates nor configured my site for taxonomy (in my `config.toml`).
```auto
http://localhost:1313/sitemap.xml
http://localhost:1313/tags/index.html
http://localhost:1313/tags/index.xml
http://localhost:1313/categories/index.html
http://localhost:1313/categories/index.xml
```
Link to repo: [techieforgood/hugo-csv (github.com)](https://github.com/techieforgood/hugo-csv)
To run the site after cloning you need to use:
```auto
cd exampleSite; hugo server --cleanDestinationDir --themesDir ../../ -t hugo-theme-console
```
PS: My work is a fork of hugo-theme-console
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**Author:**  [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/disable-html-output-format/42136/2 "2022-12-30T00:26:53Z")
[https://github.com/techieforgood/hugo-csv/blob/main/exampleSite/config.toml#L17](https://github.com/techieforgood/hugo-csv/blob/main/exampleSite/config.toml#L17)
Move this to the root table. It is currently in the `params` table.
To disable the others:
```auto
disableKinds = ['RSS','sitemap','taxonomy','term']
```
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**Author:**  [@sd991](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/sd991)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/disable-html-output-format/42136/3 "2022-12-30T03:59:38Z")
Hi @jmooring . Thanks a lot for the answer. That worked like a charm.
But for the sake of clarity, I have a question.
Why Hugo generates many things (sitemaps,/tags/,/categories/) on its own? Then we have to disable the automatic generation using `disableKinds`.
Should it not be other way round? Hugo should not generate all these on its own. We should specify what we want Hugo to generate.
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**Author:**  [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/disable-html-output-format/42136/4 "2022-12-30T04:07:42Z")
> [@sd991](#):
>
> Hugo should not generate all these on its own
The `tags` and `categories` taxonomies are enabled by default, making it easier for a new user to get started. All they have to do is add a `tags` or `categories` array to front matter and it just… works.
Most people want a sitemap, and by enabling it by default they don’t have to think about it. It just… works. Same with RSS.
And theme authors rely on these defaults.
We spend a lot of time and energy to make sure that the defaults are sensible, but they will never be right for everyone.
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**Author:**  [@sd991](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/sd991)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/disable-html-output-format/42136/5 "2022-12-30T04:40:36Z")
Thanks for the explanation @jmooring .
> [@jmooring](#):
>
> but they will never be right for everyone
I understand that.
So, I set `disableKinds = ['pages','RSS','sitemap','taxonomy','term']` in the root table.
But that leads to a problem. Looks like the section list pages don’t have access to the markdown files now.
Here is what I mean:
### Before setting `disableKinds`
The list page works as expected.
The csv output format (at section level) works as expected.
The single pages are generated as expected.
### After setting `disableKinds`
The list page shows nothing.
The csv file shows nothing.
The page html pages are not generated as expected.
Here is a [screenshot](https://imgur.com/a/FqUJqly) of the 6 things I mentioned above.
### Problem
1. I did not want the CSV and HTML list pages to go blank.
2. I want to suppress the generation of single page HTML pages
Is there a way to achieve these ?
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**Author:**  [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/disable-html-output-format/42136/6 "2022-12-30T04:42:47Z")
See docs:
[https://gohugo.io/content-management/build-options/](https://gohugo.io/content-management/build-options/)
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**Author:**  [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/disable-html-output-format/42136/7 "2022-12-30T05:02:43Z")
And keep in mind you can “cascade” the build options from your site configuration.
config.toml
```plaintext
disableKinds = ['RSS', 'sitemap', 'taxonomy', 'term']
[[cascade]]
[cascade._build]
list = 'local'
render = 'never'
publishResources = 'false'
[cascade._target]
kind = 'page'
path = '/posts/**'
```
[https://gohugo.io/content-management/front-matter/#front-matter-cascade](https://gohugo.io/content-management/front-matter/#front-matter-cascade)
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**Author:**  [@regis](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/regis)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/disable-html-output-format/42136/8 "2022-12-30T22:04:39Z")
I’m not sure this will add anything of importance to that thread, but by reading the title, it seems what you wanted to do was to disable specifically the `html` output formats, and maybe you still wanted the `RSS` or json etc… In which case you should look at the [ouputs](https://gohugo.io/templates/output-formats/#customizing-output-formats) config.
This can be set in the Front Matter, so also available with cascade.