Disable uploads

Blocks new uploads site-wide and shows your maintenance upload message.

Where to find it

Admin → Settings → Settings (first tab) → Maintenance → Uploads (search catalog: Maintenance: disable uploads) + Maintenance upload message

Setting keys: toggle.sm1, maintenance_upload_msg

How it works

• Toggle on → uploads blocked; message shown (custom or default)
• Message alone does nothing — the toggle must be on
• Downloads stay available unless you also Disable downloads or enable Full site maintenance
• Unlike full-site maintenance, admins do not bypass upload disable
• Edge/nginx may sync this flag for enforcement at the proxy

Use when storage is full, a server is migrating, or you need to stop intake without taking the whole site down.

Common problems

Message blank

Fill maintenance_upload_msg so users know it is temporary.

Still seeing uploads land

Confirm the toggle saved. Check API/SFTP paths and that you are not confusing this with a single offline storage server.

Related

• Disable downloads
• Full site maintenance