Since 2009
Seat Reclaim for ConfluenceConfluence Cloud · Atlassian ForgeFree the Confluence seats nobody is using
Seat Reclaim finds licensed users who haven't created or edited a page, blog post, comment or attachment in Confluence for a period you choose. Pick who to reclaim, confirm, and their seats are free. Confluence itself confirms each one. Every change is logged and can be undone.
What it does
From inactive users to free seats, with nothing you can't undo
Finds inactive users
The same check as License Audit for Confluence: only contributions count, and each user is verified against their own pages, blog posts, comments and attachments before being listed.
Knows which groups grant Confluence
The app asks Confluence which groups carry "Can use" or admin permission, so it knows exactly which groups to take a person out of. Users it can't safely reclaim are marked, with the reason.
Frees seats after you confirm
Select the users, check the summary, confirm. Afterwards the app asks Confluence whether each account can still use the site, and only then reports the seat as free.
Undo any change
History lists every reclaim: who, when, which groups. Undo puts the person back in exactly those groups.
Built to be safe
What it will never do
Nothing changes until you select users and confirm. Each person's activity and groups are re-checked live just before the change; anyone who has contributed since the scan is skipped.
Users whose access comes from a Confluence admin, site admin or org admin group can't be reclaimed, and the app never removes the person running it. You can protect anyone else.
It only takes people out of the groups that grant Confluence. Their Atlassian account, their pages and their other products stay as they were.
No servers of our own and no API key. Only site admins can make changes, because Confluence itself requires it.
Getting started
Install, scan, reclaim
Install
In Confluence, go to Settings → Find new apps and search for Seat Reclaim for Confluence, or open the Marketplace listing. The app appears under Confluence administration → Seat Reclaim.
Find inactive users
Pick a period and click Find inactive users. You can close the page while it scans.
Reclaim and check
Select who to reclaim, confirm, and see Confluence confirm the freed seats. Change your mind? Undo it from History.
Install it from the Atlassian Marketplace. Free for up to 10 users, then billed per user per month on your Atlassian invoice. Questions before you start? Get in touch.