Removing a Confluence page redirect with a timeout of 0

[Bruce Kozuma]

So I goofed. I merged two pages and was trying to create a redirect page for one of the merged pages, and mistakenly set the redirect timeout to 0 seconds and set the redirect link to the redirect page. The result is the redirect page redirects to itself every zero seconds, making the page impossible to edit.

Suggestions?

[JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_ · Accepted solution]

Hi,

could you describe how you configure a "redirect page"? This doesn't seem to be a Confluence feature out of the box. Are you using any addons / macros?

Best

JP

[Bruce Kozuma]

I followed the instructions here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-redirect-confluence-users-to-a-new-url-976758203.html

Only getting the URL and time out values incorrect :-/

[JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_]

Hi,

oh, I got it.

You can use a link which allows directly editing the page:

https://<host_name_here>/pages/editpage.action?pageId=XXXXXXX

I assume that you can find out the pageId from the URL.

Best

JP

[Bruce Kozuma]

Yeah, I don't know the pageID. The URL I have is of the form https://<hostnamehere>/display/SOF/<friendlyname>

[JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_]

Hi,

you can try

https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/cannot-edit-page-editing-or-deleting-a-page-that-won-t-render-167608440.html

Best

JP

[Bruce Kozuma]

Worked like a charm, thanks!

[Dylan Maxwell]

even easier
append "?redirect=False" to the url