# Suddenly all my containers background colors are "Connected to CMS" and now I cant change them. Even new containers **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask the community\ **Tags:** question, wix-studio, cms\ **Created:** [June 22, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/suddenly-all-my-containers-background-colors-are-connected-to-cms-and-now-i-cant-change-them-even-new-containers/71653 "2025-06-22T05:36:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jseymourcreative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eada6e/32.png) [@jseymourcreative](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/jseymourcreative)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/suddenly-all-my-containers-background-colors-are-connected-to-cms-and-now-i-cant-change-them-even-new-containers/71653/1 "2025-06-22T05:36:55Z")
I am brand new to Wix Studio. I’m building my first site and suddenly I cant change the background color it says “Connected to CMS”. I dont even have any collections created. Not sure what happened. **Question:** How do I disconnect background colors from cms. **Product:** Wix studio **What are you trying to achieve:** Im just trying to adjust/change background colors of items, containers, etc. I have watched the videos in academy about cms functionality. But not seeing anything about how to reverse this. ---
**Author:** ![jseymourcreative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eada6e/32.png) [@jseymourcreative](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/jseymourcreative)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/suddenly-all-my-containers-background-colors-are-connected-to-cms-and-now-i-cant-change-them-even-new-containers/71653/2 "2025-06-22T22:18:39Z")
Well as quickly and mysteriously as the problem arose it is now gone. Wish I knew what I did to cause that or how I fixed it. ---
**Author:** ![HeritageLegacyHoldin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/heritagelegacyholdin/32/109358_2.png) [@HeritageLegacyHoldin](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/HeritageLegacyHoldin)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/suddenly-all-my-containers-background-colors-are-connected-to-cms-and-now-i-cant-change-them-even-new-containers/71653/3 "2025-07-23T18:55:41Z")
I’m having this same issue. Certain elements cannot have their color changed due to ‘Connected to CMS’. Help ---
**Author:** ![Bianca\_Toloi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/bianca_toloi/32/109521_2.png) [@Bianca\_Toloi](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/Bianca_Toloi)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/suddenly-all-my-containers-background-colors-are-connected-to-cms-and-now-i-cant-change-them-even-new-containers/71653/4 "2025-08-04T15:25:23Z")
Same here, no idea what to do =( ---
**Author:** ![Pedro\_Enriquez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/pedro_enriquez/32/99761_2.png) [@Pedro\_Enriquez](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/Pedro_Enriquez)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/suddenly-all-my-containers-background-colors-are-connected-to-cms-and-now-i-cant-change-them-even-new-containers/71653/5 "2025-08-04T19:14:30Z")
I just had the same issue, and it was resolved by closing the Wix Studio Editor and reopening the site in edit mode. ---
**Author:** ![Dolce\_Sole\_Marketing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/dolce_sole_marketing/32/109607_2.png) [@Dolce\_Sole\_Marketing](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/Dolce_Sole_Marketing)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/suddenly-all-my-containers-background-colors-are-connected-to-cms-and-now-i-cant-change-them-even-new-containers/71653/6 "2025-08-07T06:22:44Z")
Currently experiencing this issue right now. Hopefully refreshing will resolve 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Fernandez\_Ponc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/sonia_fernandez_ponc/32/107256_2.png) [@Sonia\_Fernandez\_Ponc](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/Sonia_Fernandez_Ponc)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/suddenly-all-my-containers-background-colors-are-connected-to-cms-and-now-i-cant-change-them-even-new-containers/71653/7 "2025-08-27T15:40:04Z")
I had the same issue. I followed your advice, and it’s now gone, just like that 🤷‍♀️ Adding it to the list of unresolved mysteries! ---
**Author:** ![noahlovell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/noahlovell/32/118920_2.png) [@noahlovell](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/noahlovell)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/suddenly-all-my-containers-background-colors-are-connected-to-cms-and-now-i-cant-change-them-even-new-containers/71653/8 "2025-09-08T09:24:53Z")
Hey! As others have noted, refreshing the editor will fix this. If it continues to happen, I would encourage opening a bug report with Customer Care, which you can do here - [Wix Studio - How to report a bug](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/wix-studio-how-to-report-a-bug/51007) ---
**Author:** ![QA\_Logistics](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/qa_logistics/32/111118_2.png) [@QA\_Logistics](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/QA_Logistics)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/suddenly-all-my-containers-background-colors-are-connected-to-cms-and-now-i-cant-change-them-even-new-containers/71653/9 "2025-09-26T03:00:01Z")
It just happened to me. I closed and reopened Wix Studio and it was fixed. ---
**Author:** ![Ali3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Ali3](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/Ali3)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/suddenly-all-my-containers-background-colors-are-connected-to-cms-and-now-i-cant-change-them-even-new-containers/71653/11 "2025-12-09T21:58:27Z")
This also keeps happening to me. It goes away when I refresh the page. ---
**Author:** ![thealejandro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/thealejandro/32/85808_2.png) [@thealejandro](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/thealejandro)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/suddenly-all-my-containers-background-colors-are-connected-to-cms-and-now-i-cant-change-them-even-new-containers/71653/12 "2025-12-27T18:14:15Z")
Close and open fixed it for me. ---
**Author:** ![user2899](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b38774/32.png) [@user2899](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/user2899)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/suddenly-all-my-containers-background-colors-are-connected-to-cms-and-now-i-cant-change-them-even-new-containers/71653/13 "2026-01-20T09:17:42Z")
Refreshed the window as you people said.. Now its fine. Thank you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![myrok24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@myrok24](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/myrok24)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/suddenly-all-my-containers-background-colors-are-connected-to-cms-and-now-i-cant-change-them-even-new-containers/71653/14 "2026-02-09T13:10:59Z")
same here, a refresh (and somewhere detached databse) it works.. weird ---
**Author:** ![Paule\_Doss](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/paule_doss/32/80322_2.png) [@Paule\_Doss](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/Paule_Doss)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/suddenly-all-my-containers-background-colors-are-connected-to-cms-and-now-i-cant-change-them-even-new-containers/71653/15 "2026-04-20T21:29:14Z")
This is happening to me with a slideshow repeater item. 4/20/2026 ---
**Author:** ![Mahitahi\_Trust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@Mahitahi\_Trust](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/Mahitahi_Trust)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/suddenly-all-my-containers-background-colors-are-connected-to-cms-and-now-i-cant-change-them-even-new-containers/71653/16 "2026-06-01T22:59:45Z")
I am not sure why this happens, but refreshing the page helped, just remember to Publish/Save first! ---
**Author:** ![noahlovell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/noahlovell/32/118920_2.png) [@noahlovell](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/noahlovell)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/suddenly-all-my-containers-background-colors-are-connected-to-cms-and-now-i-cant-change-them-even-new-containers/71653/17 "2026-06-03T10:00:18Z")
Closed on June 3, 2026, 10:00am UTC