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An attachment is any file that is included with your page. Images, word documents, presentations and PDF, multimedia and sound files are some examples of attachments. Attachments are useful when you want to share information that exists in another file format. Read more in Working with Attachments.

When you attach a file to a page, Confluence makes a copy of the file and stores it on the server. Page attachments in Confluence are managed using the 'Attachments' view of the page.

To attach a file, you need the 'Create Attachments' permission which is assigned by a space administrator from the Space Administration screens. See Space Permissions or contact a space administrator for more information.

You can drag-and-drop more than one file at a time onto a page. You cannot attach a folder of files to a page.

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Attaching files

There are several ways to attach files to a Confluence page:

  • Drag-and-dropping files on to a Confluence page.
  • By browsing to, and uploading files from, your computer or network.


To attach a file to a page using drag-and-drop:

  1. View the page to which you want to attach files.
  2. Drag one or more files from your computer onto the page. The 'Attach File(s)' message box appears, indicating the upload status of the files being attached to your page.

    (info) You cannot drag-and-drop a folder of files onto a page.
 Expand this section to see other ways to drag-and-drop a file on to a page...

You can also drag-and-drop files:

  • directly on to the 'Attachments' view for the page
  • directly on to the editor view of the page
  • on to any tab of the Edit Link or Insert Image dialogs, which are available from the Insert menu while editing.


To attach a file to a page from the computer's (or network's) file system:

  1. Choose Tools > Attachments to go to the 'Attachments' view for the page.

  2. Click Browse... and navigate to the file.
  3. Select the file and click Open.
  4. Add a descriptive comment for the file (optional).
  5. Click Attach more files if required.
  6. Click Attach.
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You can also browse for, and upload, a file from:

  • the Attachments tab of the Edit Link dialog (while editing the page, click on Link in the toolbar)
  • the Attached Images tab of the Insert Image dialog (while editing the page, go to Insert > Image)

Attachment Versions

If you upload a file with the same name as an existing attachment, Confluence will rename the old file and maintain a version of it on the server. Read more about Attachment Versions and Viewing Attachment Details.

(info) Please note that changes you make to the source file don't affect the copy that was uploaded to Confluence. To update the Confluence copy, you need to upload the new version of the file.

Attachment Information Icon

When a page you are viewing contains attachments, a small paperclip icon appears next to the page byline. Clicking the paperclip will take you to the 'Attachments' view, where the full list of attachments is displayed.

Related Topics

Working with Attachments
Displaying Images
Attachment Versions
Deleting an Attachment

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  1. Jan 06, 2011

    Anonymous

    Hi,

    Do we have any limit for uploading attachments?

  2. Jun 30, 2011

    Anonymous

    Is it possible to prohibit certain types of files?

  3. Sep 02, 2011

    Anonymous

    Is it somehow possible to upload entire folders with files in it to Confluence?

     I´m only possible to upload single files but i would like to upload folders....and i do not want to zip de folders so i can upload them!

     

    THX a lot!!!!!

    1. Sep 25, 2011

      Paul Watson [Atlassian Technical Writer]

      Hi Anonymous,

      It is possible to drag-and-drop more than one file onto a page at once, but not to attach a folder of files. I hope this helps. Thanks for your question.

      regards

      Paul

  4. Nov 18, 2011

    Anonymous

    Hello,

    I tried to use drag-and-drop in Firefox 8 and Internet Explorer 8 but it doesn't seem to work.

    1. Nov 30, 2011

      Anonymous

      I have the same problem! Solution would be great (wink)

  5. Nov 21, 2011

    Anonymous

    Hi.  I'm trying to attach a document (a spreadsheet) in a 'card'.  the card is created and ready, I just need to link / attach the document.  Is that possible?

  6. Nov 29, 2011

    Anonymous

    hi,

    i am repeating above question.

    Do we have any limit for uploading attachments? If yes then how can we increase it??

    also how we can increase the time out of application??

    FYI.

    I'm uploading 2G media file to confluence wiki. But not succeed. Is any luck how can we upload the large file to wiki.

    Thanks in advance.