Can't delete a Space I've created as Admin
Asked by Alessandro Mastrogiacomo:

Hi!

So in my site Confluence, there's a Space which I cannot delete even if I am the admin for the whole org. In the details of the space, I can see that the admins for the space are this, I believe, automatically generated admins... Image attached.

![Screenshot 2020-01-23 at 11.49.25.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/80154iBE5AF3E4362D03F3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2020-01-23 at 11.49.25.png")


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Alessandro Mastrogiacomo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3670129)

Do you use confluence cloud in the free version and the space you want to delete is the default space you created? If so, there is a known issue [CONFCLOUD-68319](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68319)

Also in this [community answer](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-Cloud-questions/Can-t-work-with-or-delete-space-created-during-onboarding-flow/qaq-p/1205497#M1049) described.

Regards,

Dominic

comments: author: Alessandro Mastrogiacomo
body: Could be mine "default" space, even if I'm not sure what you mean as a "default" like the first one I've made in Confluence?

Thanks!


author: Dominic Lagger
body: Yes. The first time you log in, you will have to create a space. This is the default space. And this space, you can not delete, even though you are the administrator of this space. See the desctiption of the issue: [CONFCLOUD-68319](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68319)


author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Alessandro Mastrogiacomo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3670129)

You should be able to recover the permissions for a Space with no actual users assigned as Space Admin.

Instructions can be found via [this link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/assign-space-permissions-724764762.html#AssignSpacePermissions-managepermManageandrecoverspaceadminpermissions).

Ste

comments: author: Alessandro Mastrogiacomo
body: I know, but there's no option for that space!

![Screenshot 2020-01-23 at 12.11.12.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/80163i0F9B3CE5F3252C62/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2020-01-23 at 12.11.12.png")


author: Ste Wright
body: Do you see any "Recover Permissions" options against any spaces?

Ste


author: Alessandro Mastrogiacomo
body: Nope!


author: Ste Wright
body: It might have been a personal space - if so [try this](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Recovering-Personal-Space-of-Deactivated-User/qaq-p/31511#M85477) answer.

Ste


author: Alessandro Mastrogiacomo
body: But not mine personal space....still no luck!


author: Amith Mathur _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Alessandro Mastrogiacomo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3670129) ,

Are you receiving any error message in the UI or in the logs, (\<*confluence* -home\>/*logs* /atlassian-*confluence* .*log*) ? Which version of Conlfuence you are using?

Can you check the permissions in that space and the global permissions?

Thanks,

Amith Mathur

comments: author: Alessandro Mastrogiacomo
body: Hi [@Amith Mathur _Appfire_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/787663) ,

thanks for your help! I'm using Confluence Cloud so I guess the latest version and I had not seen any error log of any weird notification.

I've check the user permission and also here I cannot manage the permissions but I'm the admin of the whole org, so no idea what's happening. Check in the image I have also a copy, and that's why I'd like to delete the second one.

Where I can find the logs? I'm using the free version, we're a small team!

![Screenshot 2020-01-23 at 12.11.12.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/80162iFA1D8404DDB70DD5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2020-01-23 at 12.11.12.png")


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