Managing Confluence Data

This page is an overview of recommended techniques for managing the data on your Confluence site. This is of interest to Confluence administrators – people with System Administrator or Confluence Administrator permissions.

• Database Configuration
• Backup and Restore
• Attachment Storage Configuration
• Confluence Data Model
• Finding Unused Spaces or Pages
• Data Import and Export
• Import a Text File
• Auditing in Confluence
• Set retention rules to delete unwanted data
• Data pipeline

Check the amount of data in your site

To check the amount of data in your site:

1. Go to Administration menu , then General Configuration. > System information.
2. Scroll down to the Confluence usage section. 

This will tell you the number of:

• Total Spaces - total number of spaces, including site spaces and personal spaces
• Site Spaces 
• Personal Spaces

• Content (All Versions) - total number of content versions (includes the latest version and all historical versions). Content includes pages, comments, blogs, attachments, personal information, space description, personal space description, spaces, and drafts. Content in your trash will also contribute to this count

• Content (Current Versions) - total number of content (only counts the latest version). See earlier point for what is considered content. Content in your trash will also contribute to this count
• Local Users
• Local Groups

Clean up unwanted data

As your team grows, so does the data being created and stored in Confluence. Find out the ways you can declutter and reduce the overall size of your Confluence site in our Cleanup guide.