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Remove or delete work items 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 work items from a sprint

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

Delete a work item

Right-click on the work item and select Delete.

Or, select a work item 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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