Create a Colored Label Manager custom field
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As Jira Administrator:
Click on Settings
Go to → Issues
Click on Custom fields (Side-navigation)
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Click on Create custom field Button
Select All → Search Label
→ Select Colored Labels
Click Next
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Enter a Name and Description
Click Create
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Optional: Associate the new created field with screens
Click on update
Label Manager Custom Fields behave like normal custom fields and need to be put on the correct screens to appear in projects.
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In this page you can create a new Label and give it a description and a color , add it to one or multiple issues, or just create it and let it be used by Jira users.
Atlassian Expert good practices
Avoid using abbreviations unless they are widely understood and accepted by your team. This will, in turn, help avoid synonyms.
Always add a description to your label to make context of uses more clear to your team .
Always check to see whether a label already exists before creating it; remember, too, that it might simply be a question of spelling or case variation.
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You can also click on Click to see issues to jump to the issue navigator and see a list of all issues with the label.
Selecting Label Color Settings
Just like other settings - you can select the projects specific ‘Label Color Settings' in the project administrations page.
Label Specific Color (default)
New created Label have by default the color grey-light.
Label specific color means, that just like Epics, label will have a predefined color.
Again you can use your own colors within your project.
Colors can indicate labels with higher priority, or whatever you like those colors to mean within your Jira instance.
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Already assigned labels on issues will get the color updated based on selection.
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Checking Label Use in Your Project
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Deleting a Jira Label
Simply click the red trashcan icon next to the label you want to delete .
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Simply select the needed labels and click on the button Delete
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You will then be asked to confirm that you want the label deleted:
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