Edit and rename labels in Jira Cloud


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Summary

If you're looking to edit or rename labels in Jira issues, here's a little heads-up: while you can't directly edit labels, you can remove an existing one and add a new one instead.

This article will guide you through the steps to bulk update labels in your Jira issues.

Bulk update labels on existing tickets

Let's say you have label-old that you want to replace with label-new. There are 2 parts to resolve this:

Part 1: Add the new label to the existing issues

  1. Do a Jira issue search using the Labels field as a filter and add it as one of the columns or, use the JQL. 
    1. From the top navigation, click on Filters > View all issues.

    2. If you're in the Basic search mode, select JQL.

    3. Enter your JQL query: labels = label-old.

  2. The search page will return those Jira issues that contain the label-old label.
  3. At the top right corner of the search results page, click on the (...) followed by Bulk Change all <n> issues.
    1. For more information, please check Search for and select the list of issues.
  4. This will open the Bulk Operation page. Follow the below instructions or refer to Edit multiple issues.
    1. Choose issues > Use the checkboxes to select all or some of the issues > Next.
    2. Choose bulk action > Select Edit Issues > Next.
    3. Operation Details > Select Change Labels and set its value to Add to existing.
      1. To choose label-new either use the drop-down or type it.
      2. Scroll down to the end of the page and click Next.
    4. Confirmation > Review the details on the screen and click Confirm Acknowledge.

Part 2: Remove the old label 

  1. Now that you have added the label you wanted, it is time to remove the one we don't want: label-old.
    1. Do another search to find issues with label-old (same step in step 1 of part 1).
  2. At the top right corner of the search results page, click on the (...) followed by Bulk Change all <n> issues.
    1. For more information, please check Search for and select the list of issues.
  3. This will open the Bulk Operation page. Follow the below instructions or refer to Edit multiple issues.
    1. Choose issues > Use the checkboxes to select all or some of the issues > Next.
    2. Choose bulk action > Select Edit Issues > Next.
    3. Operation Details > Select Change Labels and set its value to Find and remove these.
      1. To choose label-old either use the drop-down or type it.
      2. Scroll down to the end of the page and click Next.
    4. Confirmation > Review the details on the screen and click Confirm Acknowledge.

You should now have updated the issues with the new label. 

Last modified on Nov 20, 2024

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