Create a site backup

This page tells you how to get a copy of all the content in your Confluence Cloud instance using the backup manager.

If you would like to export individual pages or spaces instead of the whole site, see Export Content to Word, PDF, HTML and XML.

After exporting the data via the backup manager, you can import the data into another Confluence Cloud instance, as described below.

You can also save the backup file, as a way of taking occasional offline backups.

Note that the Cloud service takes backups for your instance every 24 hours for purposes of application recovery (not for rolling back application data). See About Your Data for more information.

Back up (export) your Confluence instance

Note: Only one backup file is stored at a time. Any existing backup is overwritten by the new one.

To back up all data of your Confluence instance:

1. Do either of the following:
   
   • If your site has multiple Cloud applications, choose the cog icon  at the top right, then choose Confluence Admin. Choose Backup Manager in the left-hand navigation panel.
     
   • If your site has Confluence only, choose

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     in the header, then choose Backup Manager.
2. If you want to include attachments, select Back up attachments
3. Choose Create Backup

After the backup is complete, you will see the link to the backup file. You can download the file by following the link.

Retrieve the backup data

The backup files are stored in your WebDAV directory:  https://<domain_name>.atlassian.net/webdav/backupmanager.

What data is backed up?

The backup includes the following data:

• Pages
• Users and their group settings
• Attachments if selected

Import the backup data to Confluence Server

You can import the backup data into a Confluence Server instance, thus overwriting all the content on that site. Refer to the instructions on Migrate from Confluence Cloud to Data Center (in the Confluence documentation).

Import the backup data to Confluence Cloud

You can import the backup data into another Confluence Cloud instance, thus overwriting all the content on that site. Refer to the instructions on Importing a Confluence Site.

Notes

If your source site includes other applications in addition to Confluence, the cross-application links in the site, such as links to a source file page or to a JIRA issue, will point back to the corresponding location after the import.