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The fastest way to understand this is to run a search Confluence could not: every page over two thousand words that nobody has updated this year.

That takes two filters and about a minute.

#Step by step

The Capable Search window with filter chips for Spaces, Contributors, Updated At, Labels and Macros above a results table; the Labels chip is open, listing labels such as approval-adder, campaign, col
Each chip in the bar opens its own list of values, so picking a label narrows the table without writing a query.
The Confluence left sidebar showing For you, Recent, Starred, Spaces and Apps, with Content Manager highlighted under Your apps and Explore more apps below it.
Capable is opened from the Apps menu in the Confluence sidebar, where it may be listed as Content Manager.

Step

What you do

1

Open Capable, then Search.

2

Filter by space, so you are looking at something you recognise.

3

Add a word count filter. That column comes from the Word count capability.

4

Add a last-updated filter.

5

Sort by word count, longest first.

6

Save the search, and give it a name somebody else would understand.

#What to try next

A Confluence page open in the editor with a Capable Search Results macro below a warning panel, rendering a table of ten pages with title, created by, collaborators, last updated and words, and a head
A search can be dropped onto a page with the search results macro, where it renders as a table that stays current.

  • Put the saved search on a page with the search table macro, so it stays current without anybody maintaining it.

  • Filter by link domain to find every page pointing at a service you are retiring.

  • Filter by diagram language to find every page with a draw.io diagram on it.

#A few things worth knowing

  • Saved searches are objects, not bookmarks. Renaming or re-scoping one changes it everywhere it is used.

  • The Copy CQL action gives you the exact query, which is the easiest way to reuse it in Confluence search.

  • Permissions always apply. You cannot find a page you could not already open.

Two filters. One minute.