What is the new navigation in Confluence?
The new navigation is centred around customization capabilities and ease-of-use improvements. With a design familiar to anyone who uses software products, we’re creating a new navigation that’ll eventually fit all Atlassian products.
See your brand or product, and switch Atlassian sites or apps
Access essentials like Home, Recent, Starred, Spaces and Apps across projects and products
Find More navigation items and Customize sidebar
Quickly access Starred spaces when no spaces are open
Explore the contents of a space when it’s open
Browse available Spaces
Search across all products on your site, and Create pages
Use AI chat and find utility items like Notifications, Settings, and Profile
Key features
Navigation starts from the sidebar
Work across multiple spaces straight from the sidebar.
For you: A personalized hub with your recently viewed pages alongside popular content, all curated for easy discovery
Recent: Pages, blogs, and whiteboards, and other content you’ve visited.
Starred: Essential items you’ve marked with a star.
Customize your sidebar
Show, reorder, or hide navigation items in the sidebar to keep the focus on what’s important to you. Change these at any time by going to More () > Customize sidebar.
Customize your sidebar
Drag the line to customize
Drag the item or check a checkbox to show, reorder, or hide
Show items: To add items to your sidebar, simply drag them above the Hide from sidebar line.
Hide items: To remove items from your sidebar, drag them below the Hide from sidebar line. Alternatively, drag the Hide from sidebar line above the items you want to hide.
Reorder items: To rearrange the order of items in your sidebar, drag them to your preferred positions.
Use (up and down arrow keys) from your keyboard to reorder items in your sidebar.
Show or hide sidebar
If the sidebar takes up too much space, you can either resize or collapse it. You’ll always be able to expand the sidebar when you need to navigate again.
Tip: Press ] to expand and [ to collapse the sidebar. If you’re editing a page, press Ctrl/Cmd + ] and Ctrl/Cmd + [.
Space settings
As an admin, you’ll find space settings by selecting More actions () next to a space’s name.
Apps
Access both your system and Marketplace apps from the sidebar. Admins can select More actions () next to Apps to find and manage apps.
Frequently asked questions
Question | Answer/Response |
|---|---|
Why don’t I have the new navigation? | We’re cautiously rolling out the new navigation for General Availability (GA) in waves from March 2025 onwards. We’ll notify you and your admins when the new navigation is enabled for your site a few weeks prior. |
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