What are Confluence's roles?
Learn about Confluence's default roles and how to define custom roles.
Manage space roles
Roles give you a consistent, scalable way to manage space access. Each role maps to a defined set of permissions, so you always know what a user can do.
You can also assign roles to individuals, groups, teams, and apps, or broadly to different classes of users like All Confluence users or All Confluence admins, regardless of group membership.
Role-based access control is currently in beta. All new Confluence sites use roles by default.
Copy a space's user access settings
Reuse permissions from an existing space and copy them into a new or existing space.
Make a space public with anonymous access
Open up your space's content to public so that anyone on the Internet can view it.
Add, change, or remove people's access from your space
Assign space access roles.
Create and manage custom roles
Custom roles give admins more flexibility and control over who can do what in their spaces outside of Confluence’s four default roles.
Set default access for all new spaces created
To help space creators set up their new spaces’ permissions, you can set a default permissions configuration for them to follow.
What are user classes?
Understand the two main classes of Confluence users.
What to expect from roles when migrating Confluence data
Understand how permissions are affected when migrating data from one Confluence Cloud instance to another and role-based access control is involved.
Troubleshoot access problems at the space level
Confluence offers helpful ways to troubleshoot access problems in your space.
Custom access and how to transition to roles
Understand how to use custom access and transition custom access users to roles.
Export permissions data to understand access across your site
Export unique permission combinations and space access lists to get a clear picture of site‑wide access.
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