With Project Labels, we aim to make using labels on your Jira Cloud instance much easier by giving every team member a place to manage the labels used in their project.
Working with the Project Labels app is done from the directly from your project. Once the app has been installed, a new menu item called Label Manager will appear in every project. Click on it to get to the Label Manager.
Selecting Label Color Settings
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Just like other settings - you can select the ‘Label Color Settings' in the global administrations page for all projects or decide to use projects specific ‘Label Color Settings' in the project administrations page.
You can choose between two Label Color Settings Options
Label Specific Color
Issue Specific Traffic-Light Label Color
Option 1: Label Specific Color (default)
Label Specific Color is enabled by default.
Also 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 define that color globally for the label or decide to 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.
Once ‘Label Secific Color’ is selected in ‘3. Label Color Settings'. The Action ‘Change Color’ appears in the label rows.
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Just select the color you like the label to have and click on Submit. We will likely add more colors in the future.
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Already assigned labels on issues will get the color updated based on selection.
Checking Label Use in Your Project
Go to your project and open the Label Manager from the sidebar. You should see something like this:
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Take Control of Your Jira Native Label with Colored Label Manager 🚀
Colored Label Manager is here to help ! Not only does it enhance your Jira experience with colorful, customizable labels, but it also lets you manage native Jira labels effortlessly.
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With Colored Label Manager, you can take full control of your Jira native labels without the need for custom fields. |
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Managing native Jira labels don’t require creating a Colored Label Manager custom field. |
Features
Features of Colored Label Manager specific fields that are not supported on Jira native ‘Labels’ field.
Activate coloring to labels.
Allow your team to manage available label items for their project independent from other projects or Jira administrator’s help.
Add descriptions to labels for better context and clarity.
Tip: Jira users can check if a label already exists before creating it. Keep in mind that duplicates may occur due to spelling or case variations.
Checking Label Use in Your Jira Instance (Globally)
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Renaming a Jira Label
Renaming a label is done in place; just click on the label you want to rename, make a change and then click on the checkmark to the right of the input box. All issues with that label will be updated to use the new label name.
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Using Colored Label Manager for Jira, you can edit the label name as needed. The renaming will be reflected in all issues where the label was used.
To rename labels :
Go to your project
Open the Project labels from the left sidebar.
Click on the label and rename it
To rename labels in a project, go to Project → Manage Labels instead.
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Please note: If you are in global mode, administrative actions (rename, delete etc.) will affect all projects. If you do not want this, use per project label management. |
Merging Jira Labels
Sometimes, you will need to merge two labels. Typically, this happens when you notice different spellings for what should be the same label, like in the screenshot below:
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Dealing with this situation is really easy with Project Labels: Simply rename the unwanted spellings to the spelling you would like to keep.
Deleting a Jira Label
Deleting a label is just as easy as you would expect. Simply click the trashcan icon next to the label you want to delete. You will then be asked to confirm that you want the label deleted:
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Click Delete to remove the label from all issues in your current project.
Once a label has been deleted, it will no longer be suggested when adding a label unless it is also in use in another project.
You can get rid of labels that are not needed anymore in your Jira environment. If you just want to rename or merge the duplicate labels, please refer to this page Rename labels in Jira instead.
To delete a label globally:
Go to Apps → Manage Labels
Find the label and click Delete. A confirm window will open, click OK.
If you have a label that is used in too many issues, this operation might take a while.
To delete a label only in a project, go to Project → Manage Labels instead.
Delete a label in Jira
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Sometimes deleted labels are still suggested in label field, please refer to Known Issues & limitations for workaround.
Add label to multiple Jira issues
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This is a list of all the Jira Native labels used in your
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Jira instance.
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In this view, you can manage Global Native Labels in Jira:
Create a label and add it to Jira issues.
Search for specific labels.
Check how many issues a label is assigned to.
Open the Issue Navigator with the label prefiltered by clicking on the issue count.
Edit labels.
Merge labels.
Delete one or multiple labels.
Add a label to multiple Jira issues.
Remove a label from multiple Jira issues.
The Click to see issues column displays how many times a label has been used. Clicking on that number opens a new tab with a filter applied, showing all issues in your project that use the label.
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