How to flush the Confluence search index

  1. These actions require administrator level permissions.
  2. Not available for Cloud.
DescriptionUse
Flush Index

This is normally very quick.

Prior to Confluence 7.9
--action renderRequest --request /admin/flushindexqueue.action --file ""
Confluence 7.9 or higher
--action renderRequest --request /admin/flushcontentindexqueue.action --file ""

Start rebuild

(warning) may take a long time to complete the rebuild! The action returns immediately.

--action renderRequest --request /admin/reindex.action --file ""
Rebuild status
--action renderRequest --request /json/reindextaskprogress.action