The people directory displays a list of people who use your Confluence site.

The people directory includes anybody who has logged into Confluence or who has had a user account created for them in Confluence. The people directory does not include users who can log into Confluence using external user management if they have never yet logged in.

Viewing the People Directory

Choose Browse > People Directory.

(info) The Confluence administrator can hide the people directory. If it is hidden, you will not see the People Directory link in the Browse menu.

Screenshot: The People Directory


Searching for People

To search for a particular person, type their first name and/or last name into the search box and click Search.

  • To search everyone who uses your Confluence site, click All People.
  • To search just those people who have set up a personal space, click People with Personal Spaces.

Following People's Activities

Confluence's network features allow you to 'follow' (that is, keep track of) other people's activities throughout a Confluence site. For more information, please refer to Network Overview. Using the hover profile feature, the people directory is a convenient area from which you can start following other people throughout your Confluence site.

  • To start following another person's activities, move your mouse over a user's name or profile picture and in their hover profile popup, click Follow.
  • To stop following another person's activities, move your mouse over a user's name or profile picture and in their hover profile popup, click Stop Following.

Once you start following another person, their activities will start appearing in your network view.

People Directory provides hCard microformat


The people directory uses the hCard microformat for simple integration with a variety of microformat-enabled tools. hCard is an open data format for representing people, companies, organisations, and places. Read more about microformats and hCard.

Related Topics

Setting up your Personal Space
Editing your User Profile
Choosing a Profile Picture

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