Rename label globally in Confluence Cloud

[Alexa Wöllmer]

Hi everyone,

I have a label that’s already used on multiple pages across our Confluence Cloud spaces. I’d like to rename this label and have it automatically updated everywhere it’s used.

Is there any way to rename a label globally in Confluence Cloud, or do I really need to remove the old label and add the new one on every single page manually?

While searching on the Atlassian Support site, I found an older feature suggestion ([CONFCLOUD-7681] Label management - renaming, merging, deleting - Create and track feature requests for Atlassian products.) requesting this functionality, but it was still marked as unresolved. Does anyone know if this has changed in the meantime? Are there any alternative solutions or workarounds available?

Installing an additional app just for this purpose is unfortunately not an option for us.

Thanks in advance for your help!

[Brandi Guess · Accepted solution]

Hello! we've all been here. and no its not yet a feature. ( but you can still get it done kind of)

When I was a baby admin just learning the ropes a very wise women told me that if I could convince my work to buy just one 3rd party application, I should try to get script runner.

She was absolutely correct. 

This and many many other things that are currently manual time consuming tasks can be solved by having script runner. 

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215215/scriptrunner-for-confluence

HOWEVER -

If you don't have the ability to get script runner here is what you can do to make it a little easier. 

Lets say you want to change the label "Chocolate" to "Candy"

Create a new automation rule 

Trigger: several can work, I would probably use manual trigger from page

IF:  page Condition:  Where contains exactly the Label "Chocolate"

THEN: Add label "Candy"

AND: Remove Label "Chocolate"

Of course run this and then search for the label to make sure it got them all. 

[Alexa Wöllmer]

Hi @Brandi Guess 

Thank you that worked perfectly!

And also thank you for the tipp with the script runner app. I have come across the app quite often maybe it's time I should really look this up and evaluate if

I’ve come across script runner several times before, and your explanation makes it sound even more worthwhile. I think it’s probably about time that I take a closer look at it, evaluate which of our needs it could cover, and then try to convince my company that it would make sense for us to invest in this app.

[Valerie Knapp · Accepted solution]

HI @Alexa Wöllmer , thanks for your post.

There is an automation in the templates that looks like it would help with this -

Can you have a go with this and see if it helps you? The nice thing of scheduled rules is that you can also run it now to test

Best wishes

[Alexa Wöllmer]

Hi @Valerie Knapp 

I just tried this and it worked!

Thank you so much! This really saved me a lot of time.

Best wishes

[Valerie Knapp]

You're very welcome, @Alexa Wöllmer ! I was also curious about this use case and you gave me the opportunity to learn something new!