What is the impact of deleting space overview pages in confluence?

[Abhinav Singh]

Hi everyone!

I’m curious about the current capability to delete space overview pages in Confluence. Since this action removes the root of the content tree, it can have quite a significant impact.

1. Are there any specific use cases where you’ve found the ability to delete space overviews valuable?
2. What kind of challenges or resistance might arise if this capability were restricted or removed?

I'd love to understand more about your experiences or any feedback on how this affects your workflows.

Thanks!

[Kristian Klima]

This is interesting, I always wondered why this option actually exists :) 

Practical reasons aside, I find the root page rather useful. As do many apps.

• placing a page above the root page keeps it in the space but outside of the tree - can be useful for 'hiding' the page while keeping it accessible per-need-to-know basis
• some apps rely on the root page and cannot work with the content outside
• it's what defines the space, it's the landing page, the entry point to the content.

I'd actually like the ability to create a super-root page for multiple spaces - would be a godsend for large-scale content management (yes, there are apps for that...). Content Hub is just for visuals :)