Confluence search not working - reindex needed?

[Bart Lamberigts]

The search function is not working properly anymore. Not all relevant articles are found. After googling a bit, I saw that I needed to contact support for rebuilding the index. However, as we are using the 'Confluence Free' version, we only have 'community support'. How can I make sure my search index is rebuilt?

[Nikola Perisic]

Hello @Bart Lamberigts 

Part of this is true. Reindexing is only available for server/datacenter version. 

More information about this could be found here: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Search-not-working-can-t-reindex/qaq-p/2496282

Now, you are using a confluence free version which Atlassian doesn't offer support. Workaround for this: Start a free trial standard plan then raise the support. After you are done with the support, you can cancel your standard subscription and go back to normal one.

Some people have faced this issue before: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Search-does-not-work/qaq-p/1378703