Archiving a project

By archiving a project, you can remove it from Jira, and preserve the data it contains in case you need it later. It’s good practice to archive inactive or completed projects, so they don’t clutter your Jira instance. Fewer projects may also mean better performance.

Before you begin

• You must have the Jira Administrator or Jira System Administrator global permission to archive or restore projects. For more information about different types of permissions that can be set up in Jira, see Permissions overview. 
  
  
• You don't have to prepare a project in any way before archiving it. You can archive any project, and restore it later, if needed.
  
  

Archiving a project

To archive a project:

1. In the upper-right corner of the screen, select Administration  > Projects.
   
   

2. Find the project that you want to archive and select Actions () > Archive. 

   

   The project will be immediately hidden from view and moved to the Archived projects page.

Jira will be reindexed automatically to remove the project data from the index and keep the performance healthy.

What happens to a project after you archive it?

Here's a few things you should know about:

Restoring and re-indexing a project

All the project data remains in the database, so you can restore it whenever it's needed again.

To restore a project:

1. In the upper-right corner of the screen, select Administration  > Projects.
2. Select Archived projects. This page shows all projects that have been archived.
3. Choose the project you want to restore and then select Actions () > Restore.
   The project will be restored to its original state, and brought back to the list of projects and project pickers. 
4. Re-index the project, so its issues appear again in search results:

5. 1. Open the project you just restored.

   2. In the bottom-right corner of the screen, select Project settings ().
   3. Under the Project settings (the left-side panel), select Re-index project.
   4. Select Start project re-index.