GitHub links

Connecting and disconnecting GitHub links

Learn how to effortlessly connect and disconnect GitHub links for Confluence with your organization.

To Connect GitHub links for Confluence with the organization, navigate to Confluence as an administrator.


    1. Go to your Confluence administration.

    2. Scroll down to the Apps section and select GitHub Configuration.

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    3. To connect via GitHub App, select the radio button for GitHub App (Recommended) and click Connect to GitHub

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    4. You may receive a prompt regarding opening an external page, if so click Continue

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    5. Select where you would like to install GitHub Links for Confluence, which can be a personal account or organization:

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    6. Configure which repositories to include, it’s also possible to review the permissions granted from there, then click Install.

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    7. Finally confirm access, and you should be redirected to Confluence

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Make sure that when you authorize the GitHub App to access your data, you select the organization you want to use the app with.

To Disconnect GitHub Links from Confluence

  1. Go to your Confluence administration.

  2. Scroll down to the Apps section and select GitHub Configuration.

  3. Click on Disconnect App

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  4. From GitHub, navigate to the GitHub Apps section, locate Links for Confluence and click Configure

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  5. Under Danger Zone, where it says Uninstall “Links for Confluence” click Uninstall

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