JQL Queries search for issues that do not contain text
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Summary
It is not possible to search for issues that don't contain text "ABC" using JQL queries like text !~ "ABC" or text not in "ABC".
Environment
8.5.5
Workaround
Perform the following JQL search to find all the issues containing the text first.
text ~ 'ABC'- Save this search as a filter. Let's say the filter name is FILTER.
Navigate away from the filter page and go back to the issue search page. Type the following filter.
filter != FILTER
Once you filter out the issues that do contain the text, you can use the "!=" with the filter to find out all the issues that don't contain the text.