What is the new navigation in Jira?
This page is for the new navigation, which we’re currently rolling out. If you don’t have the new navigation yet, sign up for the new navigation or read documentation for the old navigation.
The new navigation is centred around customization capabilities and ease-of-use improvements. With a design familiar to anyone who uses software products, we’re creating a new navigation that’ll eventually fit all Atlassian products.
See the brand/product identity and switch Atlassian sites or apps
Access items like Your work, Recent, Starred, and Apps across projects and products
Explore Projects
Access and manage Filters and Dashboards
Customize the sidebar
Search across all products on your site, and create issues
Access AI chat and utility items like notifications, settings, and profile
Key features
Navigation starts from the sidebar
Work across multiple projects and boards straight from the sidebar.
Your work: Find things you’ve interacted with and resume work.
Recent: Any time you visit, edit, or create projects, issues, boards, filters, and dashboards, they’ll show up here.
Starred: Surface your most important items by marking them with a star.
Customize your sidebar
Show, reorder, or hide navigation items in the sidebar to keep the focus on what’s important to you. Change these at any time by going to More () > Customize sidebar.
Customize your sidebar
Drag the line to customize
Drag the item to show, reorder, or hide
Show items: To add items to your sidebar, simply drag them above the Hide from sidebar line.
Hide items: To remove items from your sidebar, drag them below the Hide from sidebar line. Alternatively, drag the Hide from sidebar line above the items you want to hide.
Reorder items: To rearrange the order of items in your sidebar, drag them to your preferred positions.
Use (up and down arrow keys) from your keyboard to reorder items in your sidebar.
Show or hide the sidebar
If the sidebar takes up too much space, you can either resize or collapse it. You’ll always be able to expand the sidebar when you need to navigate again.
Tip: Press ] to expand and [ to collapse the sidebar.
Horizontal project navigation
As an admin, you can reorder and remove project tabs. Customize your project’s tab to work more contextually in your project, and your users will be able to seamlessly switch between views.
To access project settings, go to the project and you can either:
Select More () from the sidebar
Select More () from the project header
Only admins can reorder reorder and remove tabs.
Quick access to filters and dashboards
Easily access filters and dashboards from anywhere in Jira.
Starred filters and dashboards: Mark your frequently used filters and dashboards with a star to bring them to the top.
Recent filters and dashboards: Once you visit, edit, or create filters and dashboards they’ll show up under Recent.
Apps
Access Apps from the sidebar. Select (more actions) for Apps to explore more apps, manage apps, and view app requests.
Frequently asked questions
Question | Answer/Response |
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Why don’t I have the new navigation? | We’re cautiously rolling out the new navigation for General Availability (GA) in waves from March 2025 onwards. We’ll notify you and your admins when the new navigation is enabled for your site a few weeks prior. |
How can I turn the new navigation on or off? | To turn the new navigation on or off:
Note: Turning the new navigation or off will only affect you and not all users on the site. |
Why can’t I see the Jira Labs under Settings for my site? | We have disabled the option to opt-out for the below cohort:
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