How to remove page versions from a Confluence page using CLI

This article explains how to remove page versions from a Confluence page using Confluence Command Line Interface (CLI).

Instructions

removeContentVersion action removes a version from the revision history of content like a page or a blog. 

1. In the below Page History page, we see six versions for a Confluence page. 
   
   
2. Create a CSV file with the column name, version. One can specify the version number(s) either in order or randomly. For example, the CSV file can have the rows as 2, 3, 4 or 1, 3, 6. 
   

3. Using removeContentVersion action along with runFromCSV action, execute the below command to remove multiple versions from a page: 

   --action runFromCSV --file removecontent.csv --common "--action removeContentVersion --space "RemoveVersionCLI" --title "Removing Page Versions" --continue"

4. Here is result as displayed on the console window: 

   "RemovingPagesVersions" --continue"
   
   Run: --version "2" --action removeContentVersion --space RemoveVersionCLI --title Removing Page Versions --continue
   Version 2 removed from history for 'Removing Page Versions' in space RemoveVersionCLI.
   
   Run: --version "3" --action removeContentVersion --space RemoveVersionCLI --title Removing Page Versions --continue
   Version 3 removed from history for 'Removing Page Versions' in space RemoveVersionCLI.
   
   Run: --version "4" --action removeContentVersion --space RemoveVersionCLI --title Removing Page Versions --continue
   Version 4 removed from history for 'Removing Page Versions' in space RemoveVersionCLI.
   
   Run completed successfully. 3 actions were successful from file: removecontent.csv