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Hello,

We have a question related to the use of Confluence.

In the local search system (Yandex), when a specific query is entered into the search bar, the results include a link to Confluence with our public knowledge base for clients about the product. However, it also displays the author's personal information (surname and name).

We would like to know if there is a way to hide the author information on Confluence pages. In our current configuration, the author of the article and other metadata are displayed, and we would like to remove this information from view.

We would appreciate it if you could provide information on how this can be done or confirm if it is possible in our version of Confluence.

If specific access rights or settings are required, please indicate what steps need to be taken.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Ольга Доспехова · Answer

Hello!

I have another question about the public name in Confluence. We have specified a neutral public name "Content Author" for all our active authors in Confluence. We also have an open space in Confluence for our clients, accessible via a direct link. Question: what should we do in the settings so that when visiting this space, an unauthorized user sees our public names, and not real ones? Now, despite the change of the public name, we are displayed with real names and surnames.

marc -Collabello--Phase Locked- · Answer

Exactly, change the public name to something like "author" or other generic name.

Some of these settings are also determined by your Confluence admin.

Автор контента · Answer

Thank you for your recommendation. I have a question: I see that I can only change the Last Name and First Name in the text field (1), but the visibility setting is locked for me (2).

What could be the problem? Or was your suggestion for solving the problem precisely to change the public name, for example, from "Last Name First Name" to "12345", without altering the visibility settings (on the right)?