View restricted users and Commenting (inline, page) in Confluence

[Neal London]

If I restrict users to View on a Confluence page, will they still be able to add comments, either page or inline?

[Jonathan Smith · Accepted solution]

Hi @Neal London,

  Space tools / Permissions is where you assign the ability to add comments. If you restrict a page to where the user has "can view" access, they can still add an inline comment.

Once I removed the comment permission on space permissions, they no longer had the ability to comment.

- Jon

[Jonathan Smith]

In short - Yes.

[Neal London]

Thank you. I also confirmed with a test of one user's view capabilities, but I did not know all the knobs, and how it applied to other types of users/groups.

[Irina_Bel_Stiltsoft_]

Hi @Neal London ,

Another case might be when you want to restrict viewing for specific comments on a page. Native Confluence Inline Comments don't allow to set visibility for inline comments on a page. The Talk - Advanced Inline Comments app can address this case. For example, you can add specific users and/or groups to the conversation on a page and let only them view this online discussion and participate in it.