This page last changed on Feb 22, 2011 by smaddox.
Accessing the User Management Screen
To search for and manage users:
- Go to the user management screen for the user concerned. There are two ways to do this:

Screenshot above: Managing users
Listing All Users
To list all users:
- Open the 'Manage Users' screen as described above.
- Click the 'Show all users' link. All members of the confluence-users group are listed in alphabetical order, by username. If there are more users than can fit on one page, the results will be divided into multiple pages.
- To move to another page of results, click the numbered links, 'Next' or 'Previous' near the top or bottom of the page.
- To specify how many results should be shown per page, click a number '10', '20', '50' or '100' near the top of the page.

Screenshot above: Listing all users
Using the Simple User Search
To search for a specific user via the simple user search:
- Open the 'Manage Users' screen as described above.
- If the 'Simple' link is showing, click it. (If you see the 'Advanced' link and no 'Simple' link, then you're fine. The simple search is already active.)
- The simple user search screen will appear, as shown below.
- Type some information about the user into the 'Search' textbox. You can type all or part of their username, full name or email address.
- Click the 'Search' button.
- Confluence will display a list of matching users. Click the link on a username to see and edit the details for that user.

Screenshot above: Simple user search
Using the Advanced User Search
The advanced user search allows you to specify the field in which your search term appears, i.e. username, full name or email address. You may find this useful if you need to limit the number of users appearing in the search results.
To search via the advanced user search:
- Open the 'Manage Users' screen as described above.
- If the 'Advanced' link is showing, click it. (If you see the 'Simple' link and no 'Advanced' link, then you're fine. The advanced search is already active.)
- The advanced user search screen will appear, as shown below.
- Complete one or more of the following fields:
- User Name — Enter all or part of the person's username i.e. their login id, e.g. 'joe', or 'bloggs'.
- Full Name — Enter all or part of the person's name, e.g. 'joe bloggs', or 'bloggs', or 'joe'.
- E-Mail — Enter all or part of the person's email address, e.g. 'acme'
- Click the 'Search' button.
- Confluence will display a list of matching users. Click the link on a username to see and edit the details for that user.

Screenshot above: Advanced user search
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