Changing the indexing language defined in Confluence may improve the accuracy of Confluence search results, if the majority of the content of your site is in some language other than English. Confluence supports content indexing in English (default), German, Russian, Chinese, CJK, Custom Japanese, French, Brazilian, Czech and Greek.

To configure a different indexing language:

  1. Go to the 'Administration Console' and click 'General Configuration' in the left-hand panel.
  2. Click any of the 'Edit' links..
  3. Select the 'Indexing Language' from the dropdown list in the 'Formatting and International Settings' section.
  4. Click 'Save'.
Related Topics

Choosing a Default Language
Installing a Language Pack
Content Index Administration
Rebuild the Content Indices from scratch
Creating a Lowercase Page Title Index

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