How to change the original author of a page?

Matt Baldwin September 27, 2017

Employee has left the company yet their picture and name remain on most pages. How do I remove or replace the author of all pages?

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Boris Berenberg - Atlas Authority
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September 27, 2017

General answer to this is at https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-change-the-owner-author-of-a-page-in-Confluence/qaq-p/6734

 

But wouldn't it make sense to keep them for auditing reasons? Just because someone is no longer with the company doesn't mean they didn't do those actions.

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September 27, 2017

To save you reading the link, the answer boils down to "don't".  It involves hacking the database and destroying your audit information, which really doesn't sound good to any compliance or regulator type people.

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Tina Revsbæk November 18, 2022

How to change the creator of a page

https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-change-the-creator-of-a-page-720830744.html

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