Are pages in trash included in a full XML export?

• A. Yes
• B. No
• C. Sometimes
• D. Only if you enable trash export

Answer: (A)

A full XML export is meant to be a complete snapshot of the entire Confluence instance, including all content, metadata, and system data at the moment you export. Pages that have been moved to Trash aren’t permanently deleted until you purge them, so they remain part of the underlying data set. Because the export aims to recreate the whole instance later, those trashed pages are included to ensure you can fully restore the system or recover deleted content if needed. There isn’t a separate setting to exclude trash in a full export, so you get the full picture by default.