This page is for team-managed projects
To check whether your project is team-managed or company-managed, select more actions (•••) next to the project name in either the header or the sidebar. At the bottom of the menu that opens, you’ll be able to view whether your project is team-managed or company-managed.
If you’re in a company-managed project, check out these company-managed project articles instead.
More about the difference between company-managed and team-managed projects.
Project admins can configure and customize email notifications for team-managed projects individually. Project admins can optimize the volume of emails sent from Jira Software by sending users those that are relevant and useful. For instance, if a team member reassigns a task to another, Jira Software can send a notification to the new assignee. Or, if someone deletes a work item, your project can notify your Scrum master about that the work has been removed from their board.
You must have the administrator role in your project to do the things described on this page. More about team-managed project roles.
You can notify your users on work item-related changes in Jira Software. For example, you can notify your watchers when someone comments on a work item.
You can keep your users updated when someone:
creates a work item
assigns a work item
updates a work item
comments on a work item
moves a work item
edits a work item comment
deletes a work item
logs work on a work item
updates the worklog on a work item
deletes a work item comment
deletes a work item worklog
You can choose to send notifications to:
all watchers
the current assignee
the current user
the reporter
- the project lead
the project role
Additionally, you can also configure your email address from which users can receive notifications from. Learn more about editing an email address.
When you delete a role, the notifications associated to it will no longer work. However, these notifications can be referenced even if a role is deleted, and you will have to manually remove them.
Add a notification in team-managed projects
You can notify team members of specific activities when they work on work items in your project. For example, you can update a Scrum master when someone moves a work item. Or, you can notify a manager when someone’s updated their work logs.
To create a notification, you can:
From your project's sidebar, select Project settings > Notifications.
Select Add notification.
Select the work item event that triggers the desired notification.
Select the users and roles who should receive this notification.
Click Add. Jira Software will notify your desired recipients of your key work item events.
Edit notifications in team-managed projects
By default, team-managed projects send notifications about work item events to the work item’s watchers, assignees, and reporters. But, you may want to edit these settings to reduce the amount of email Jira sends, or to notify additional people in your project about key work item activity. For example, you might want to notify your Scrum master when someone’s picked up a task, or inform your project manager when new work has created.
To edit the notifications your team-managed project sends:
From your project's sidebar, select Project settings > Notifications.
Under the Actions column, click More (•••) > Edit.
Select the users or roles.
Click Save.
Disable notifications in team-managed projects
You can delete notifications for certain events if you don’t want to spam your users.
To delete notifications for an event:
From your project's sidebar, select Project settings > Notifications.
Under the Actions column, click More (•••)> Delete.
Click Delete.