How to Copy Pages

If you need to duplicate the contents of a page, the easiest way is to copy the page. You can copy pages into the same space or to a different space.

When you copy pages into the same space, you'll need to rename them, as two pages with the same name can't live in the same space. We give you some handy tools to help rename your pages during the copy process.

You need the 'Create Page' permission to copy pages. See space permissions for more information.

Copy pages

To copy a single page:

Go to the page and choose > Copy.
Choose a Location for the new page.
Hit Copy.

Confluence will open the copy of the page in the editor and name it 'Copy of [original page title]'. You can then rename the page and work in the editor like any ordinary page.

To copy a page and all its child pages:

Go to the page and choose > Copy.
Choose a Location for the new pages.
Select Include child pages.
Use the options provided to customize your new page titles.
You can add a prefix, replace a keyword or phrase in existing titles, or both. The preview will give you a good idea of what your new page hierarchy will look like, and warn you if there are any problems.
Deselect any items you do not want to copy over (attached files, labels, restrictions)
Hit Copy.

You'll find a link to your newly copied pages in the copy complete message.

Note: It's not possible to selectively copy multiple pages. You will be copying the entire hierarchy.

What's included when you copy a page?

Here's some more info on what's included when you copy a page.

	Single page	Page and its child pages
Page contents (text, macros)	Yes	Yes
Attached files and images	Yes	Optional - if you choose not to include attachments, you may see 'unknown-attachment' errors on the copied pages.
Comments	No	No
Labels	Yes	Optional
Restrictions	No	Optional - you may not be able to change this option if you don't have appropriate 'Restrict' space permissions.
Watchers	No	No
Saved for later info	No	No
History	No	No
Child pages with view restrictions	-	Yes - if you have permission to see the child pages. No - if you do not have permission to see the child pages.

Space permissions and page restrictions

Your space permissions and any existing page restrictions have an impact on what you can copy:

To copy pages you need the 'Create' page permission in the destination space.
To copy pages with restrictions intact, you need the 'Restrict' page permission in the destination space.

When copying a page and its child pages, you also have a choice to copy over any existing page restrictions. This is useful if you need to maintain the current view or edit restrictions. If you don't have 'Restrict' page permission in the destination space, you won't be able to choose this option.

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