Export Confluence pages
Export a page, a page tree, a whole space or a document set to PDF, Word, Markdown, HTML or an AI knowledge pack, with templates, branding and settings.
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Open any Confluence page, choose •••, then Export with Laya Export Studio. Choose a format under What do you want to create? and Continue. Then set the scope, template and branding, check the Preview if you like, and choose Export. When it says All done!, download the file.
Formats
| Format | What you get | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Polished PDF | A print-ready, branded PDF with a cover, a table of contents, page numbers and bookmarks. | Client packs, policies, audits |
| Editable Word | A .docx with native Word heading styles, editable tables and a table of contents field. | Offline review and sign-off |
| Markdown bundle | A .zip of GitHub-flavoured Markdown, one file per page, with relative links and, if you include them, the attachments. | Git, static sites, backups |
| AI knowledge pack | Markdown with front matter, a manifest and a source map. See AI knowledge packs. | RAG and AI assistants |
| Static HTML | One self-contained .html file with its styles and images inside, that works offline. | Quick sharing, offline reading |
Scope
| Scope | Exports |
|---|---|
| This page only | The page you are on. |
| This page and its children | The page and every page below it, with the hierarchy kept. |
| Whole space | Every page in this page's space that you can read. |
| Document set | A saved, ordered list of pages, picked under Which document set. It appears when the space has a set. See document sets. |
Templates and branding
Pick a Template: a layout such as Documentation (title page and table of contents), Article (minimal, no cover), Confluence Page Layout or Info sheet (landscape), or one your team saved. Pick a Brand kit, or open Customise branding for this export to change the branding for this file, and Save as new brand kit if you want to keep it. See brand kits and templates.
Settings
| Tab | What you can set |
|---|---|
| Content | Include attachments & images (on by default) and Include page comments (off by default; up to 100 comments a page). |
| Page setup | A4, Letter or Legal, Portrait or Landscape, and Margin (mm), for PDF and Word. Two columns work in Word only. |
| Header & footer | Header text, which appears in Word exports. The footer comes from the brand kit. Both can use {{title}}, {{space}} and {{date}}. |
| Watermark | Enable watermark and its text (DRAFT by default), in PDF and HTML exports. |
| Cover page, Contents, Bookmarks | Include cover page, Include table of contents and Generate PDF bookmarks. |
| Governance | Export only Approved pages or Exclude drafts. See page status. |
| Labels | Filter pages by their Confluence labels: Only pages with or Exclude pages with. |
| Language | English (UK) or English (US), for how {{date}} is written. |
| Metadata | The document title, and Tagged (accessible) PDF. |
| Protection | A Password on the file. Polished PDF only. |
Large exports
- Every export is built in the background. The exporter shows progress, page by page, and offers the download when the file is ready.
- Large files download in parts, which your browser joins up. Keep the tab open until the download finishes.
- Download the file before you close the exporter: Confluence keeps no list of past exports, so to get it again, export again.
- An export can include up to 100,000 pages. Images over 20 MB are left out.
- To keep the service fair, each person can start up to 10 exports in 5 minutes.
- Only pages you can read are exported.
Which format should I use?
| If you want to | Use |
|---|---|
| Send a polished document outside the company | Polished PDF |
| Share an editable document for comments and sign-off | Editable Word |
| Move documentation into Git | Markdown bundle |
| Give an AI assistant or RAG pipeline your knowledge | AI knowledge pack |
| Share one offline web page | Static HTML |
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