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Confluence allows the configuration of which character encoding is used to deliver pages.

While different character encodings are supported, we strongly recommend that UTF-8 is used. Confluence is heavily tested on UTF-8, and users are likely to have less problems with this encoding than others.

Mac Users

Mac Users please note that MacRoman encoding is compatible with UTF-8. You do not need to change your encoding settings if you are already using MacRoman.

To avoid problems with character encoding, make sure the encoding used across the different components of your system are the same:


If you are having problems with the character encoding in Confluence, please see the Troubleshooting Character Encodings page.