The Universal Plugin Manager (UPM) allows you to disable a plugin in your Confluence instance without permanently removing it. You can also enable any plugins that have been previously disabled. If you want to add or remove a plugin from your Confluence site, please refer to Installing a Plugin or Uninstalling a Plugin respectively.

You can also disable all user installed plugins in your application, by enabling safe mode. This may help you to diagnose a plugin-related problem more easily.

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Disabling a Plugin

To access the Universal Plugin Manager in Confluence,
  1. Click the 'Browse' menu link on the top bar and select the 'Confluence Admin' option to open the 'Administration Console'.
  2. Click the 'Plugins' link under the 'Administration' section in the left menu to open the 'Universal Plugin Manager'. The 'Universal Plugin Manager' will be displayed, showing the plugins installed on your Confluence instance.

To disable a plugin in Confluence,

  1. Click the 'Manage Existing' tab. The plugins installed on your application will be displayed. Enabled plugins will be listed with an icon.
  2. Locate the plugin that you want to disable and click the title to expand its plugin details section.
  3. Click the 'Disable' button.
  4. Once a plugin has been disabled, you may need to restart your application for your change to take effect. If so, the plugin will display with 'Disabled, requires restart'. This will depend on the plugin and the application.
    The plugin will display with an 'Enable' link once your change is applied (i.e. immediately or after an application restart).

Screenshot: Disabling a Plugin

Enabling a Plugin

To access the Universal Plugin Manager in Confluence,
  1. Click the 'Browse' menu link on the top bar and select the 'Confluence Admin' option to open the 'Administration Console'.
  2. Click the 'Plugins' link under the 'Administration' section in the left menu to open the 'Universal Plugin Manager'. The 'Universal Plugin Manager' will be displayed, showing the plugins installed on your Confluence instance.

To enable a plugin in Confluence,

  1. Click the 'Manage Existing' tab. The plugins installed on your application will be displayed. Disabled plugins will be listed with an icon.
  2. Locate the plugin that you want to enable and click the title to expand its plugin details section.
  3. Click the 'Enable' button.
  4. Once a plugin has been enabled, you may need to restart your application for your change to take effect. If so, the plugin will display with 'Enable, requires restart'. This will depend on the plugin and the application.
    The plugin will display with an 'Disable' link once your change is applied (i.e. immediately or after an application restart).

Screenshot: Enabling a Plugin

Disabling/Enabling all User Installed Plugins (Safe Mode)

Running your application in safe mode disables all user installed plugins at once. All plugins that were disabled when you entered safe mode will be re-enabled when you exit safe mode.

To access the Universal Plugin Manager in Confluence,
  1. Click the 'Browse' menu link on the top bar and select the 'Confluence Admin' option to open the 'Administration Console'.
  2. Click the 'Plugins' link under the 'Administration' section in the left menu to open the 'Universal Plugin Manager'. The 'Universal Plugin Manager' will be displayed, showing the plugins installed on your Confluence instance.

To enable safe mode in Confluence,

  1. Click the 'Manage Existing' tab. The plugins installed on your application will be displayed.
  2. Click the 'Enable Safe Mode' button.
  3. Click the 'Continue' button in the confirmation window that displays. All user installed plugins will be disabled and your application will now be running in 'Safe Mode' (see screenshot below).
  4. You can now make changes to your installed plugins, as desired (e.g. enable/disable specific plugins or plugin modules).
  5. Exit safe mode by clicking one of the links in the Safe Mode banner:
    • Click 'Exit Safe Mode and restore the previous configuration' to exit support mode and restore your plugin configuration prior to entering Safe Mode.
    • Click 'Exit Safe Mode and keep the current configuration' to exit support mode and keep any changes made to your plugin configuration during Safe Mode.

Screenshot: Running Confluence in Safe mode

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