[Confluence] Delete Space: Are Archived Items Deleted?

[Matthew]

Hello,

If a space is a deleted, are archived items that belonged to that space deleted?

Thanks,

Matthew

[Moses Thomas · Accepted solution]

@MatthewWhen  you  delete a space every thing is gone completely, you  will  have to  recover it from  backup,  but when  you  delete a page/attachment in  this space they  will  go  do the trash  can,  there you  can  recover it or delete  it completely.

best!

[Matthew]

Hi Moses,

So, if I have archived items that belonged to that Space, how do I delete the Space without affecting the archived items that were members of that Space?

Should their membership to the group be removed before archiving them (as a best practice)?  Or, should they be unarchived and assigned to a different group before deleting the Space? 

I understand I can export the Space as a XML file before deleting the Space, but am concerned about archived items that were members of that Space.

Thanks much

[Moses Thomas]

@MatthewI think a  good practice is to remove all  permission  from  space,  change space status  from current -> archive   instead of deleting space completed,  so  that  some day  you  may  want  to  reference to  these archived space  for information.

Best!.

[Matthew]

I agree with you.

Just out of curiosity, the archived would be deleted if they were members of the space -were it to be deleted, correct? 

[Moses Thomas]

@MatthewYes once you delete space every thing  will  be deleted.

[Matthew]

Okay, thanks much, Moses :)

[Moses Thomas]

@Matthew  You welcome Please mark answer as  accepted so  other's could use solution.

Best!

[Matthew]

Moses, where do I mark it as "accepted"?  Sorry-

[Matthew]

Disregard -the option was off the screen from my (2) vertical 24" LCDs.  Got it.