sorry if i dont get your problem right understood, but i'm completely new to context. I use a hack not to get the number not printed in the title page (though I define sectionblocks for keeping different numbering systems for the table of contents and the document) I use \setuppagenumbering[location=] for not getting the number printed and then I reset the page numbering for the next sections. I copy my code so that you know what I do. Sorry if it doesnt help %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%% LOS BLOQUES %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \definesectionblock[portada][number=no] \defineconversionset [portada:pagenumber][][characters] \defineconversionset [frontpart:pagenumber][][romannumerals] \defineconversionset [bodypart:pagenumber][][numbers] \defineconversionset [appendixpart:pagenumber][][Characters] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%% NUMERACIÓN DE PÁGINAS, SETUP %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location={footer,inmargin}] \setupuserpagenumber[way=byblock] \starttext \startsectionblock[portada] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \input{03_portadaEval.tex}%this is my title page \stopsectionblock \startfrontmatter[] \start \setuplayout[reset] \setupinterlinespace[.8ex] \completecontent \stop \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter[] \input{50_Evaluacion.tex}%a piece of text \stopbodymatter \stoptext