Does anyone know how to export files attached in Confluence as-is? I need to extract the files as-is (pdf, word, xls...) and save them in a drive.)
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Answers:
author: Luiz Maia
body: Hello!

Please follow the below steps to recover the attachments files. There are three options for this, please choose the one that best fits for you.

#### Choice A - Recover Attachments By Filename {#toc-hId-1288619168}

Best if you know each filename you need to restore, especially if you want just a few files:

1. Unzip the backup directory and open entities.xml.
2. Search entities.xml for the filename and find the attachment object with that filename. Locate its page and attachment id.
3. Using the page and attachment id from entities.xml, go to the attachments directory and open that directory with that page id. Locate the file with the attachment id.
4. Rename the file to the original filename and test it.
5. Repeat for each file.
6. To import each file back into Confluence, upload to the original page by attaching the file from within Confluence.

#### Choice B - Restore Files By Page {#toc-hId--1263537793}

Best if you only want to restore attachments for certain pages:

1. Unzip the backup directory and open entities.xml.
2. Search entities.xml for the page title and find the page object with that title. Locate its page id.
3. Go to the attachments directory and open that directory with that page id. Each of the files in the directory is an attachment that must be renamed.
4. Search entities.xml for attachment objects with that page id. Every attachment object for the page will have an attachment id and filename.
5. Rename the file with that attachment id to the original filename and test it.
6. Repeat for each page.
7. To import each file back into Confluence, upload to the original page by attaching the file from within Confluence.

#### Choice C - Restore All Files {#toc-hId-479272542}

Best if you have a small backup but want to restore many or all the attachments inside:  
Following process is applicable to **space** export only. Site xml backups do not require page id to be updated manually due to the nature of persistent page_id's.

1. Unzip the backup directory and open entities.xml.
2. Go to the attachments directory and open any directory. The directory name is a page id. Each of the files in the directory is an attachment that must be renamed.
3. Search entities.xml for attachment objects with that page id. When one is found, locate the attachment id and filename.
4. Rename the file with that attachment id to the original filename and test it.
5. Find the next attachment id and rename it. Repeat for each file in the directory.
6. Once all files in the current directory are renamed to their original filenames, search entities.xml for the page id, eg directory name. Find the page object with that page id and locate its page title.
7. Rename the directory to the page title and move on to the next directory. Repeat for each un-renamed directory in the attachments directory.
8. To import each file back into Confluence, upload to the original page by attaching the file from within Confluence.

All these steps are documented here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Retrieving+File+Attachments+from+a+Backup>

If my answer helps you, please select the Accept Answer button. :smile:

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Kind regards,

Luiz Maia  
Atlassian Support


author: salvatore
body: I wonder do you have any idea about text extraction from pdf files? There're something wrong with my pdf reader. Any suggestion will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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