Disconnect GitHub from Confluence

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To disconnect GitHub from Confluence, remove the Capable app's access in your Atlassian account's Connected apps settings. The Disconnect button inside the GitHub picker does not unlink anything; it tells you to go there. When you unlink, Capable also asks GitHub to revoke its token, so the access ends on both sides.

#Before you start

  • Disconnecting affects only you. Other people's connections, and the macros on pages, stay as they are.

  • After you disconnect, private files show you a Connect GitHub card instead of their content. Public files still show.

#Steps

  1. In Confluence, select your profile picture and open your Atlassian account settings.

  2. Open Connected apps.

  3. Find the Capable app that holds the GitHub connection and remove its access.

  4. Reload any page with a Github file macro to confirm private files now ask you to connect.

#If it does not work

  • You selected Disconnect in Manage Connections and nothing changed: that is expected. See Disconnect button does nothing.

  • You reconnected and the old account came back: GitHub authorises whichever account is signed in on github.com. Sign out there first.

Unlinked on both sides.