Move a project to trash
Finished with a Jira project, but not quite ready to delete it? Try moving it to trash.
We're updating our terminology in Jira
'Issue' is changing to 'work item'. You might notice some inconsistencies while this big change takes place.
Trash for Jira Cloud projects
As an admin in Jira, you can get rid of projects that you don't need by moving them to trash. This won’t affect associated schemes, workflows, work types, or any content that is shared with other projects.
Projects along with their work items, components, attachments, and versions will be available in trash for 60 days, after which they will be permanently deleted.
When a project is in trash, its work items won’t appear in basic or advanced search results. You can still access these issues through direct links, but you won’t be able to edit them.
Jira and site admins can move company-managed and team-managed projects to trash and restore them. Project admins can only move team-managed projects to trash.
Read more about managing global permissions and project permissions.
As a Jira or site admin, you can:
view when a project was moved to trash
view the user who moved the project to trash
restore a project that was moved to trash
view when a project will be permanently deleted
delete a project permanently
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