How to remove Jira version and node ID from the footer of Jira pages
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Summary
Due to different reasons, customers would like to remove some Jira data from the footer of the pages. For Jira Data Center, the node ID is also included in the footer.
This article offers a solution to hide such footer info by changing velocity templates.
Environment
Jira 8.x and later
Solution
Natively, Jira does not have the option to hide the footer info.
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Option #1:
- Stop Jira.
- Open up your $JIRA_INSTALL/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes/templates/plugins/footer/footer.vm file in a text editor.
Locate the footer-build-information section, you will see the following content:
<span id="footer-build-information">(v${buildVersion}#${buildNumber}${formattedCommitId}$!{formattedNodeId}${formattedPartnerName})</span>To remove the Jira version and build number, remove the following parameters:
${buildVersion}#${buildNumber}<span id="footer-build-information">(v${formattedCommitId}$!{formattedNodeId}${formattedPartnerName})</span>If on Data Center, to remove the Jira node ID from the footer, remove the following parameter:
{formattedNodeId}<span id="footer-build-information">(v${formattedCommitId}$!{formattedPartnerName})</span>- Start Jira.
- If on Data Center, repeat the steps on each node.
It might be necessary to re-apply this custom configuration after Jira upgrades.
Option #2:
Add the following code to the announcement banner to hide the footer completely:
<style type="text/css">
#footer {
display: none;
}
</style>