When a secret is deleted, it is sent to the space trash. It is also removed from the list of secrets.

A deleted secret is still accessible through its direct URL. However, it is marked as In trash:

As a space administrator, you can restore or purge deleted secrets. Purging will remove the secret from Confluence in its entirety, except for its audit logs.

Restoring a secret

A restore of deleted secret will recover all of the information and functionality back to normal. Follow these steps to restore:

  1. Click on Space Settings, under Manage pages, click on Trash

  2. Find the deleted secret to recover.

  3. Click Restore and follow the confirmation dialog.


Known issue

Restored secrets do not appear in search results due to a known bug in Confluence. See CONFCLOUD-70589.