Quick summary
Changing the owner of a Confluence page reassigns authorship and content accountability to a new team member. This guide walks you through the built-in Change Owner workflow available directly from the page header in Confluence.
Steps
- Navigate to the Confluence page you want to transfer ownership of.
- Click the author's name labeled "By ___ (owner's name)" found just below the page title.
- Click the left and right arrow icon labeled Change Owner to initiate the ownership switch.
- Search and select the new owner's name from the user lookup field.
- Click the "Change owner" button to confirm and reassign page ownership.



