directories that can be cleared in /var/atlassian/application-data/confluence?

Matt Uebel1

I am running out of room in /var/atlassian/application-data/confluence . Are there any directories that can be purged?

In particular, there is a directory called "bad2." This directory seems to contain backups of the plugin directories (bundled-plugins plugins-cache plugins-osgi-cache plugins-temp). I suppose this could have been created by another admin, but is this otherwise something Confluence creates on its own for some reason? Can it be removed?

UPDATE: The bad2 directory was indeed created by another administrator. Confluence did not create it.

Matthew J. Horn

According to the Confluence docs, you can safely remove several of the plugins cache directories:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+Clear+Confluence+Plugins+Cache

From my own experience, some of the cache files are not recreated on restart, so this will save you some space.