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  <p>I have tried disabling each locale in the channel settings, but, then the user is required to enable it for their own locale when publishing.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>That's the only way to pull off what you're looking for in Craft 2.</p>

<p>With the upcoming Craft 3 refactoring, it would be much easier to pull of with a new event that a plugin could listen to and alter the behavior.</p>

<p>Feel free to make a <a href="https://github.com/craftcms/cms/issues" rel="nofollow noreferrer">feature request</a> as well.</p>

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2017-02-24T00:28:01.970Z
2017-02-24T00:28:01.970Z
Brad Bell
<p>How can a user create an entry that is only enabled for 1 locale?</p>

<p>I would like a German user to only be able to publish an entry in the <code>de</code> locale.</p>

<p>I have set the permissions for the user to only publish in the <code>de</code> locale, but, when this user saves a new entry, the locale is then enabled for every locale.</p>

<p>I have tried disabling each locale in the channel settings, but, then the user is required to enable it for their own locale when publishing.  </p>

<p><a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/14660/only-publish-user-generated-entries-in-current-locale">Similar question here</a>, but no answer yet.</p>

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2017-02-21T15:12:25.307Z
Hi Joep. What's the default locale?
Matt P
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2017-02-21T15:29:56.520Z
`en`, though posting from the German user will enable it for all locales, not just `en`.
joep
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How can a user create an entry that is only enabled for 1 locale?
# How can a user create an entry that is only enabled for 1 locale?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-02-21)

How can a user create an entry that is only enabled for 1 locale?

I would like a German user to only be able to publish an entry in the `de` locale.

I have set the permissions for the user to only publish in the `de` locale, but, when this user saves a new entry, the locale is then enabled for every locale.

I have tried disabling each locale in the channel settings, but, then the user is required to enable it for their own locale when publishing.

[Similar question here](https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/14660/only-publish-user-generated-entries-in-current-locale), but no answer yet.

**Tags:** localization

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Hi Joep. What's the default locale?  
> **username_0**: `en`, though posting from the German user will enable it for all locales, not just `en`.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-02-24. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

> I have tried disabling each locale in the channel settings, but, then the user is required to enable it for their own locale when publishing.

That's the only way to pull off what you're looking for in Craft 2.

With the upcoming Craft 3 refactoring, it would be much easier to pull of with a new event that a plugin could listen to and alter the behavior.

Feel free to make a [feature request](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/issues) as well.


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