This page last changed on Sep 08, 2011 by pwatson.
You can set various Confluence preferences that affect your personal session:
- General preferences such as home page, language and time zone, as described below.
- Editor settings, as described below.
- Email settings for subscriptions to Email Reports.
- OAuth access tokens that you have granted from your Confluence user account. Please refer to Viewing and Revoking OAuth Access Tokens.
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General User Preferences
To edit your general user settings:
- Go to your name (the 'User' menu) at the top of the page and choose Settings.
- Click Edit and make general settings:
Setting |
Description |
Site Homepage |
Select the page that you would like to see whenever you log into Confluence. |
Language |
Select your language. See below. |
Time zone |
Select your time zone. |
Use Keyboard Shortcuts |
Enable keyboard shortcuts, other than for the editor. |
- Click Submit.
Screenshot: Editing your user profile settings

Language
Setting your language preference in your user profile is described in the section above. This section gives more information about that setting and other settings that affect the language Confluence will use.
Individual users can choose the language that Confluence will use to display screen text and messages. Note that the list of supported languages depends on the language packs installed on your Confluence site.
The language used for your session will depend on the settings below, in the following order of priority from highest to lowest:
- The language preference defined in your user profile. Note that you need to be logged in for this setting to take effect.
- The language that you choose by clicking an option at the bottom of the Confluence login screen. Confluence stores this value in a cookie. When the cookie expires, the setting will expire too.
- The language set in your browser.
- Note that your Confluence administrator can disable this option by setting a system property.
- The browser sends a header with a prioritised list of languages. Confluence will use the first supported language in that list.
- The default language for your site, as defined by your Confluence site administrator.
Editor Preferences
You can set some options that determine the way the Confluence editor works. Note that these settings affect only you. Other people using Confluence can enable or disable the settings on their user profiles independently.
To change your editor preferences:
- Go to your name (the 'User' menu) at the top of the page and choose Settings.
- Click Editor under 'Your Settings' in the left-hand panel.
- Click Edit.
Setting |
Description |
Disable Autocomplete |
Select to disable autocompletion when you press one of the trigger characters. |
Disable Autoformatting |
Select to disable autoformatting when you type wiki markup in the editor. Click ? on the editor toolbar to learn more. |
- Click Submit.
Screenshot: User settings for the editor
Email Notification Settings
You can 'watch' a page, a blog post or a space. Confluence will then send you a notification by email whenever anyone adds or updates content on that page, blog post or space. You can also subscribe to daily email reports and other notifications of various updates, as described below. See Watching Changes.
You will only receive notifications for content that you have permission to view. Users who have been disabled by an administrator will not receive email notifications.
For instructions on configuring an email server so that Confluence can send email notifications, see the administrator's guide to Configuring a Server for Outgoing Mail.
To edit your email notification settings:
- Go to your name (the 'User' menu) at the top of the page and choose Settings.
- Click Email in the left-hand panel.
- Click Edit.
Each email setting is explained below:
Setting |
Description |
Content |
Frequency |
Autowatch |
Automatically watch content for future changes. |
- Pages and blog posts that you create, edit or comment on.
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Immediately |
Subscribe to daily updates |
Receive email reports showing changes to content in all spaces that you have permission to view.
Note: Daily email reports do not include information about attachments on a page or blog post that are added, edited or deleted. |
- Pages and blog posts that are added, edited or deleted.
- Comments on a page or blog post that are added, edited or deleted.
- Updates by users who have changed their personal profile.
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Daily |
Subscribe to all blog posts |
Receive email notifications for changes to blogs in your Confluence installation that you have permission to view. |
- Blog posts added, edited or deleted.
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Immediately |
Subscribe to network |
Receive email notifications for changes to content by all users that you are following, which you have permission to view. |
- Pages being added, edited or deleted.
- Blog posts being added, edited or deleted.
- Comments being added, edited or deleted.
- Status updates by the user.
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Immediately |
Subscribe to new follower notifications |
Receive an email when anyone chooses to follow you. |
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Immediately |
Notify on my actions |
Receive email notifications for your own changes. Note: If you have not subscribed to any email notifications and are not watching any pages/spaces, then selecting 'Notify on my actions' will not do anything. |
- All pages and spaces that you are watching.
- This affects all subscriptions set.
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Immediately |
Show changed content |
Notifications will include details of the changes made to the content. See Page History and Page Comparison Views |
- Edits to pages and blog posts.
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Immediately |
Editing Your User Profile
Choosing a Profile Picture
Setting up your Personal Space
Email Address Privacy
Using Autocomplete
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