We're updating our terminology in Jira

'Issue' is changing to 'work item'. You might notice some inconsistencies while this big change takes place.

Remove or delete issues from an active sprint

This page is for company-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.

More about the difference between company-managed and team-managed projects.

Remove issues from a sprint

Right-click on the issue and select Remove from sprint. You can also select multiple issues to remove.

Delete an issue

Right-click on the issue and select Delete.

Or, select an issue and select  > Delete.

You can perform this action with your keyboard via Jira’s command palette. Use command + K (for Mac) or Ctrl + K (for Windows) to open the command palette while you’re in Jira. Read more about Jira’s command palette

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