Disable default roles
Confluence’s four default roles – Admin, Manager, Collaborator, and Viewer – are designed to address the majority of access needs in Confluence.
While custom roles give admins more flexibility and control over who can do what in their spaces, there are times when having the default roles available conflicts with how Confluence admins want access to be managed across their site.
Disabling a default role gives admins an added layer of control over exactly the type of access that is allowed to be granted across their site.
Disable a default role
Prerequisites
You must be a Confluence admin to disable or restore a default role.
The role cannot be used by a system operation if you want to disable it. If it’s used by a system operation, you’ll need to update the operations that use the role to use another role, then you can disable it. More on managing system operations
If the role is in use across spaces on your site, you’ll be able to choose if you want to update the role that everyone who holds it has across all spaces, or if you want to remove their access.
To disable a default role:
Go to Confluence settings, then select Permissions.
Select Space roles.
Select More actions () next to the role you want to disable
Select Disable.
Select Disable role.
Once disabled, a role cannot be used across your site. It won’t show up in the role selector, and only a Confluence admin can restore it for use.
Restore a default role
To restore a default role:
Go to Confluence settings, then select Permissions.
Select Space roles.
Select More actions () next to the role you want to restore.
Select Restore.
From the modal, select Restore.
Once restored, the role can be assigned for use across your site and can be used in system operations. Read how to mange system operations
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