Bulk update permissions to add a group or a user to multiple spaces in Confluence Cloud

Summary

You need to update several spaces at once to add/update spaces for which a certain group or individual user must have a certain subset of permissions.

Solution

Add users and groups in bulk

1. Access Confluence Administration > Space Permissions.

2. Click Add people to all spaces > Choose a user or group.

3. Choose a user or a group to bulk update Space Permissions.

4. Please select whether you want to make this bulk update for all spaces (Global and personal), only for Global Spaces, or only for Personal Spaces.

5. Choose which subset of permissions the user/group is supposed to have after the action is performed.

   1. Note: If you choose a user or group that is already part of some spaces, this action will UPDATE the spaces' current permissions with the new subset that you've selected above.

6. Hit Add to all.

Remove users and groups in bulk

1. Access Confluence Administration > Space Permissions.

2. Click Select all to check all the boxes.

3. Click Select all again to unclick the boxes.

4. Save.

Please also take a look at the following Community Blog post, where this functionality was announced: Manage Confluence space access in bulk