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To update a user's details,

  1. First, go to the user management screen for the user concerned. There are two ways to do this:
    • Either,
      • Go to the user's Profile and click the 'Administer User' link on the user's profile screen. (This link is available in Confluence 2.8.2 and later.)
    • Or,

      Go to the Confluence 'Administration Console'. To do this:

      • Open the 'Browse' menu and select 'Confluence Admin'. The 'Administration Console' view will open.
      • Select the link 'Manage Users' in the left-hand panel.
      • Locate the user by doing a search on the username or the groups to which they belong.
      • Click the user link.
  2. Now you should be able to see the user's current details and links allowing you to edit them.
    • View Profile — View the user's profile.
    • Edit GroupsAdd or remove this user from a group.
    • Edit Details — Edit the user's name and email address. Changing a user's username is not supported through the application, see Changing Usernames for other solutions.
    • Set Password — Edit the user's password details.
    • Deactivate — Deactivation is an alternative to removing a user. It is not possible to remove a user if the user is responsible for content on the site. The reason is that Confluence will need the user information to maintain a history of the pages they have updated. In this case, you can deactivate the user so that they can no longer log in to Confluence.
    • Remove — You can remove a user permanently if the user has not added or edited any content on the site.

(warning) Deactivating users (unavailable) : This functionality was removed in Confluence 2.1.x. See Removing a User for more information.

Screenshot : User Details


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Page: Searching For and Managing Users
Page: Adding or Removing Users in Groups
Page: Editing User Details
Page: Global Permissions Overview
Page: Removing a User
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