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How do I stop confluence trying to convert dates

Jeremy
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May 15, 2025

Every time I'm editing a page and the cursor is near a date or I start typing something that looks like a date, Confluence pops up an automatic date widget suggestion which gets accepted when I press enter. 

This is super annoying. How do I turn this off?

Further, how can I turn off all automatic popups like this?

I don't have a problem with the popup when I highlight text, just when I get popups clicking and typing.

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Benjamin
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May 15, 2025

Hi @Jeremy 

Welcome! Unfortunately.....No but you can hit the "esc" button on your keyboard to have it go away.

 

There was an Atlassian ticket raise for the same concern:

 

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-59816

 

 

Jeremy
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May 15, 2025

That's super annoying. 

As a developer myself, I couldn't imagine implementing a feature like that without also building a setting to turn it off.

But thanks for your quick reply.

Phong Hong Nguyen
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May 15, 2025

Hi @Jeremy 

Another workaround solution you might consider is quickly typing // followed by Enter to activate the data macro. From that point, you can proceed to input your date.

I find this method particularly helpful when I want to enter the current date, as it only requires me to type double slashes (//) and then press Enter twice.

Cheers

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