Mass unsubscribe from space notifications in confluence

[Bryan Collick]

I recently instituted confluence as the primary tool for documentation and collaboration at our company. To jumpstart usage, I created a couple dozen spaces for teams to develop. Somehow, that has turned into email notifications for virtually every edit in our confluence instance, which I do not want. 

I know that each email I receive has an unsubscribe link, and I also know that there is a (very long) list of page watches in my personal settings. I'm wondering if there's a better solution to unsubscribe from these hundreds of pages. I'm currently only subscribed to my personal space, so i see no other big levers to pull. 

[Jakub Pierzchała · Accepted solution]

Hi Bryan,

It is not possible to unwatch all pages with a single click out of the box. 

There is a free plugin-in however that allows to do so:

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/it.logontec.dev.watchremover/server/overview

[Anton Kulikov]

if you have scriptrunner

this code help me

import com.atlassian.confluence.mail.notification.NotificationManager
import com.atlassian.spring.container.ContainerManager
import com.atlassian.sal.api.component.ComponentLocator
import com.atlassian.confluence.pages.PageManager
import com.atlassian.confluence.search.service.ContentTypeEnum
import org.slf4j.Logger
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
import com.atlassian.confluence.user.UserAccessor
import com.atlassian.confluence.spaces.SpaceManager
import com.atlassian.user.UserManager 
Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger("console") 

def userManager = ComponentLocator.getComponent(UserManager)
NotificationManager nm = ( NotificationManager) ContainerManager.getComponent("notificationManager")
PageManager pageManager = ComponentLocator.getComponent(PageManager)
ContentTypeEnum ctp = ComponentLocator.getComponent(ContentTypeEnum)
UserAccessor userAccessor = ComponentLocator.getComponent(UserAccessor)
def spaceManager = ComponentLocator.getComponent(SpaceManager)
def users = userManager.users.find{it.getName() == "username"} 
def nfu = nm.getNotificationsByUser(userAccessor.getUserByName(users?.getName()))
nm.removeAllNotificationsForUser(userAccessor.getUserByName(users.getName()))
return  nm.getNotificationsByUser(userAccessor.getUserByName(users.getName()))

[veton]

Its not a solution yet, but rather a smarter workaround to clicking on every single "Stop Watching":

1. Go to Profile > Watches (i.e. https://confluence.YourCompany.net/users/viewnotifications.action)
2. Open browser Developer Tools (F12)
3. Run this script:
   $('.link-stop-watching').click()
4. Refresh the page and repeat until all watches are gone.

[Bryan Collick]

clever!

[Amal Edirisinghe]

This is worked for me. Thanks for sharing. 

[Jakub Pierzchała]

Hi Bryan

You could go to your profile settings and unsubscribe from there (it is called watching).

More info here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/watch-pages-spaces-and-blogs-139579.html

"Manage watches from your user profile" 

[Bryan Collick]

Hi Jakub, Thanks for your answer!

I know there is a list of page watches in my profile settings; I said that in my original comment. I currently have a long list of hundreds of pages I'm somehow watching. Do I have to click "stop watching" for each one?

[Bryan Collick]

Additionally, it seems like I'm getting added to pages that are being created. How do I stop that so that the list of pages I'm watching doesn't continue to grow?

[Bryan Collick]

Thanks Jakub! If you want to convert your comment to an answer, I'll use it to answer this question. 

[Jakub Pierzchała]

Converted