# Find and replace text across Confluence pages

To find and replace text across Confluence pages, run a search in Capable Search, select **Bulk Change** and tick the pages. Choose **Find & replace text**, fill in **Find text** and **Replace with**, select **Check** to count matches, then **Replace text**. Only text in paragraphs is changed.

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## Before you start

| **You need**                 | **Why**                                                                 |
| ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Capable Search installed     | The app is part of Capable Search for Confluence and the Capable Suite. |
| A wide enough window         | **Bulk Change** is hidden on narrow screens such as phones.             |
| Edit permission on the pages | Pages you cannot edit fail and are listed.                              |

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## Steps

1. Open Capable Search: select **Capable Search** in the space sidebar or the Apps menu (in the Suite, **Capable**, then **Search**).
2. Run a search that finds the pages you want to change.
3. Select **Bulk Change** in the footer under the table.
4. Tick each page you want to change.
5. Open the **Change N pages** menu and select **Find & replace text**.
6. In **Find text**, type the exact text. In **Replace with**, type the new text, or leave it empty to remove the text.
7. Tick **Match case** if capital letters matter.
8. Select **Check** to see how many matches each page has.
9. Select **Replace text** and wait for every page to finish.

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## If it does not work

* Only paragraphs are changed, including paragraphs inside tables, panels and lists. Headings, page titles and macro settings are left alone.
* A phrase that is partly bold or partly a link will not match, because the formatting splits it.
* Each changed page gets a new version, so you can restore the previous one from the page history.

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## Related

### [Bulk changes and export](https://help.gocapable.com/search/bulk-changes-and-export.html)

Every bulk action.

### [Search Confluence with CQL](https://help.gocapable.com/search/search-confluence-with-cql.html)

Find pages containing the text.

### [Filters and sorting](https://help.gocapable.com/search/filters-and-sorting.html)

Narrow the search first.

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_Change it everywhere, once._