Can the "unknown-macro" be deleted automatically?

Question

After the migration to the Cloud Server there are still pages where is appearing a notification which says "Unknown Macro [...]". Is it possible to delete this message automatically or with a bulk feature?

If not there would be a lot of manual work to do.

Kind regards,

Fabian Weber

Michael Yang - Shinetech Software · Answer

Hi! 👋 Just wanted to share a tool that might help.

Our Forge app Easy Bulk Tools was built specifically to handle situations like this. It lets you search for and remove unknown macros in bulk across your Confluence Cloud site — no need to edit each page manually, no script needed.

You can check it out here:🔗 https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1237934

unknown · Answer

Hello @Andrii Maliuta ,

If there are already existing scripts I'd prefer to use one of them.

We have not yet actively worked with REST API. Would it be possible to do this with your support? It would also be important to know what effects the Rest API has on the server in terms of performance, security, etc.
Have you already done this and do you have any recommendations on how to proceed and select the right script?

Kind regards
Fabian

Andrii Maliuta · Answer

Hello @[deleted],

The macro name ('hideelements-macro') is stored inside a page body as a storage format, so you can delete it or replace this text with the name of the macro you need.

You can use your own script that does this on multiple pages via RETS API or use some existing library , like:

* Python: https://atlassian-python-api.readthedocs.io/confluence.html
* Groovy : https://github.com/Sumy-Coding/atlas-rest-client-groovy
* Go: https://github.com/Sumy-Coding/atlassian-rest-golang
* etc.