We're updating our terminology in Jira

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

Delete a work item from a list

To delete a work item, you must have the Delete work items permission in the project where the work item was created. Learn more about project permissions.

To delete a work item from the list, you can:

  1. Select the work item key you’d like to delete to open the work item

  2. Select ... Delete.

Learn more about managing your work items

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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