"Find and Replace" operation in Confluence

Question

Is it possible to perform a mass "find and replace" operation in Confluence, similar to using "Control + F" and replace, to update all instances of a specific text (e.g., "Company A") with a new text (e.g., "Company B") across the entire platform?

Our company is undergoing a minor rebranding effort, which involves renaming some internal products from "A" to "B". We need to find all occurrences of "A" and replace them with "B" in a bulk update.

Request

We are looking for a way to:

* Find all instances of the old text ("A") across Confluence.
* Perform a bulk update to replace all occurrences of "A" with the new text ("B").

Thank you in advance for any assistance or guidance provided.

Support_Kenputer · Answer

Hi,

Confluence has no built-in site-wide find and replace.

Ctrl/Cmd+F in the editor is one page at a time.

For a rebrand across many pages, a marketplace app with a preview is the usual path. It is a paid Cloud app.

One option is Qron Search and Replace:

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215739/qron-search-and-replace-for-confluence

Stavros_Rougas_EasyApps · Answer

@Kristian Klima mentioned our app Find and Replace by Easy Apps.

It's one of a suite of content editing tools in Space Content Manager.

You can use a script as well if your use case is not too complicated and not to often.

Hyrum Steffensen {Appfire} · Answer

Hello @jforristal ,

This could be done with a script using Power Scripts for Confluence. For example:

string cql = "Space=DEMO";
number [] pages = selectPages(cql);
for (number p in pages) {
    %p%.content = replace(%p%.content, "A", "B");
}

If you would like to use some REGEX, you could also use the matchReplace() function. I am a support engineer with Appfire, so feel free to ask for additional help with the script. Here is a link to our support portal:

https://appfire.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portals

Regards,

Hyrum