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Find and replace in Confluence: comparing tools

Last updated: September 16, 2026.

Looking for the best find and replace for Confluence?

Updating the same text across dozens or hundreds of Confluence pages can be tedious when done manually. A Confluence find and replace app lets you search for text across your pages and spaces and make bulk changes much faster.

The Atlassian Marketplace offers several apps for Confluence search and replace, bulk find and replace, and bulk editing Confluence pages. However, the available tools differ significantly.

We compare five find and replace apps for Confluence and the built in functionality: 

Space Content Manager – Find and Replace for Confluence – Easy Find & Replace, Copy Pages & Spaces, Add & Remove Label – Bulk Operations for Confluence – Qron Search and Replace for Confluence.

We compare their key features to help you find the right tool for searching, replacing, and bulk editing content in Confluence.

Confluence find and replace tools feature-by-feature comparison

App

Natively in Confluence

(no app)

Space Content Manager

Find and Replace for Confluence

Easy Find & Replace, Copy Pages & Spaces, Add & Remove Label

Bulk Operations for Confluence

Qron Search and Replace for Confluence

Company

Atlassian

Easy Apps

Easy Apps

Oliver Rolle

Business Critical Apps

Kenputer

Across multiple spaces (Confluence instance)

No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No

Across a single space

No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No (claims to, does not work)

Page level find and replace

Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes

Bulk find and replace

No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

Bulk delete/remove text

No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

Page body text and title

No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

Page body only

No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes

Page title only

No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No

URL

No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No

URL display text

No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No

Convert to UPPER case

No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No

Convert to lower case

No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No

Match case

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

Restrict search to specific pages

N/A
Yes
Yes
No
No
N/A

Restrict search to child pages

N/a
Yes
Yes
No
No
N/A

Filter by date last modified

N/A
No
No
No
No
No

Filter by page type

N/A
No
No
No
No
No

Filter by label on page

N/A
No
No
No
No
No

Select deselect all possible replace

No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No

Preview before changes

N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No

Confirmation

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Undo

No
No
No
No
Yes
No

Regex search/regular expression

No
No
No
Yes
No
No

CQL

No
No
No
No
No
No

Runs on Atlassian

N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

Admin access controls

No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes

Administrators can restrict features by space, group or user

No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Try Space Content Manager

Find and replace is just one of the many tools for Space Content Manager.

  • Find and replace (bulk)
  • Label management (bulk)
  • Change page status (bulk)
  • Attachment management (bulk)
  • Link management (bulk)
  • Edit pages across multiple spaces
  • Limit access per feature


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Conclusion

Finding and replacing text in Confluence doesn’t have to mean manually editing pages one at a time. The right Confluence find and replace app can save significant time when you need to update content across multiple pages, even an entire Confluence instance.

As this comparison shows, the find and replace apps for Confluence take different approaches. Some focus on bulk find and replace and provide advanced search.

When choosing a find and replace for Confluence, consider more than just whether an app can replace text. Look at where it can search, what types of content it can modify, whether you can preview changes before applying them and what other Confluence bulk editing features are included.

Whether you’re trying to find and replace text across Confluence pages, update URLs, clean up outdated content or manage large amounts of Confluence content, comparing these capabilities can help you choose a solution that fits your workflow and ensure your content is AI-ready.

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