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Dangling comments: Improved filtering and context for deleted content

✅ Rollout Complete

Product: Confluence

Announced9 Mar 2026
Rollout started9 Mar 2026
Rollout ended27 Apr 2026
SourceAtlassian blog ↗

Confluence now offers a dedicated filter for inline comments whose anchor text has been deleted, known as dangling comments. This update declutters the Open and Unread sections by moving these comments to a new Deleted content filter, and provides historical context for deleted highlights, making it easier to review and manage unresolved comments. To get started with this change: Open a Confluence page with inline comments. Select the Comments panel. Choose the Deleted content filter to view a

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