Unable to Delete Non-English Group Names

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Note that this KB was created for the Data Center version of the product. Data Center KBs for non-Data-Center-specific features may also work for Server versions of the product, however they have not been tested. Support for Server* products ended on February 15th 2024. If you are running a Server product, you can visit the Atlassian Server end of support announcement to review your migration options.

*Except Fisheye and Crucible

Symptoms

A 'group does not exist' exception occurs when deleting a group.

Cause

Most times these issues are related to the configuration of the character encoding.

Resolution

The layers of configuration among the database, app server, and Confluence should be set to a character encoding standard such as UTF8. For details on the configurations, please refer to the Configuring Character Encodings in Confluence guide.

Updated on April 8, 2025

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