How to delete a page in Confluence - plus 4 formatting tips
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Emma Smith
1st October, 2021
How to delete a page in Confluence - plus 4 formatting tips
Deleting a Confluence page and making your content look beautiful should be easy. We'll show you how!
Whether you’re a Confluence power user or you’re setting up your first Confluence page, there’s always something new to learn. Yet research suggests that the modern worker has just 1% of their workweek free to devote to training and development. There isn’t always time to absorb yourself in the latest Confluence features, developments and pro tips - so we’re giving you the highlights version.
From deleting a page in Confluence to creating custom styles for content, check out four of the most powerful ways to enhance your pages and spaces:
How to delete a page in Confluence
One of the most common questions users ask is how to delete a page in Confluence. While straightforward in theory, there are several different ways to approach this task.
Deleting a single page in Confluence
If you have permission, it's easy to delete a Confluence page. Simply:
1. Click the ellipsis icon (the three dots) at the top right of the page.
2. Click Delete.
Help, I can't find the Delete option!
If you can't delete a page, this is probably because of your space permission settings. By default, Confluence space permissions restrict end users from deleting pages. If you don't see the Delete option in your drop-down, don't worry! Simply ask your Confluence admin to change the permissions settings, and then you should be able to delete pages easily.
Here's how to delete a page in Confluence cloud:
Click the ellipsis icon in the top-right corner of your Confluence page
Select 'Delete' to say goodbye to your Confluence page
✏️ Note: Using this function won't permanently delete the page. Instead, it will move to the space's trash, where it can be restored or permanently deleted by a space admin. It also won't delete child pages of the removed page - these will move up to the nearest parent page instead.
For more instructions on deleting page hierarchies and unpublished pages, see Atlassian’s Confluence support.
Deleting multiple Confluence pages, comments and attachments
If you want to save time and delete pages, comments and attachments in bulk, ScriptRunner for Confluence can help. We recommend restricting access to pages while you’re moving content around to ensure that no page edits or moves get missed in the shuffle. You can use scripts like Bulk Delete Attachments, Bulk Delete Comments and Delete Page Tree to perform more thorough clean-ups.
Find out more about ScriptRunner for Confluence and how it can save you time by automating page management, space management and user management here. There's also a 30-day free trial if you feel inspired to get stuck in!
4 Confluence formatting tips
Tip 1: How to improve page navigation and structure
One of the biggest mistakes first-time Confluence users make is dumping loads of information into one Confluence page, without considering structure and navigation. Long blocks of text not only look bad but can be overwhelming to the reader and lead to poor user experience.
Improve your page’s structure quickly and easily with a few clever formatting tips. Confluence’s different heading and font styles can be utilised, as can bullet points, numbered lists and links to other pages.
Use apps like Content Formatting Macros for Confluence for more powerful customisation
When you’ve got big chunks of text you can’t remove but want to make more accessible, use the Tabs macro.
Ideal for long lists and information that can be distinctly categorised, tabs make your Confluence page look cleaner and become easier for users to follow and navigate. They help to tidy up long blocks of text and reduce the need to create multiple child pages of relevant - but categorised - information. Instead, keep all your information on the same page. Simply break your content into relevant sections and tidy them away in tabs:
Tip 2: How to enhance the user experience
A simple way to improve the user experience in Confluence is by using the Progress Bar macro from Content Formatting Macros for Confluence. Progress bars provide visualisation for documented processes in Confluence, making them especially useful for company intranets and wikis. They can help to demonstrate where users are in a journey, whether that's in an HR onboarding process or an annual events plan.
Progress Bar macro (Content Formatting Macros for Confluence)
Tip 3: How to make Confluence pages look better
Confluence pages can be stylised and personalised in various ways, from adding background colours and headers to incorporating emojis and gifs. One of the easiest ways to add design flair (and improve the user journey) is by adding buttons to direct users to internal and external pages.
The Buttons macro from Content Formatting Macros for Confluence Cloud lets you create a single stylised button to add to pages, hyperlinking to other pages or websites. Meanwhile, the Buttons Group macro creates a group of stylised hyperlink buttons in a toolbar-like display.
For more tips on building better Confluence pages, read our blog here.
Build your first wiki with Confluence
Are you ready to create a Confluence wiki? Our blog talks you through it - and shows you which add-ons you can use to make it look even better.
Tip 4 (for experts): How to make heavy customisation changes to Confluence Server and Data Center
Two Content Formatting Macros are particularly useful for making more advanced levels of customisation: Div and CSS Style Sheet. Note that these are both available on Server and Data Center.
These allow you to add CSS to your pages to highlight sections of text, control the look and feel of tables and buttons, and alter the way text looks. You can completely overhaul and personalise your Confluence space, which is ideal if you’re using it as a company intranet or team homepage. Note that these macros are best left to users who are confident with HTML!
Start improving your pages with Content Formatting Macros for Confluence
Just as you should always be learning and improving your skills in the workplace, you should strive to continuously enhance and improve your Confluence.
With a suite of macros that includes Tabs, Numbered Heading, LaTeX, Tooltip, Background, Cards, Button, Footnotes, and more, it's an app that will completely change how your Confluence content looks and how users interact with it.