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How to automatically delete inactive users from spaces permisssions

Assem E
Contributor
July 15, 2025

In spaces permissions there are lot of inactive users, inactive means deleted/fired employees.

How to configure confluence to delete permissions when user is deactivated

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Hari Krishna
Contributor
July 15, 2025

Hii @Assem E ,

Confluence doesn't automatically remove permissions when a user is deactivated. Even if the user is disabled or removed from the directory, their space-level and page-level permissions may still exist.

 

 What you can do:

Manually go to each space → Space Settings → Permissions → and remove inactive users (they appear greyed out).

 

If you're using ScriptRunner (on Data Center), you can run a script to automatically scan and remove inactive users from space permissions.

 

For Cloud, there's no native automation, but you can use APIs or marketplace apps to audit and clean up.

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