Global Colored Labels
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Colored Label Manager
Take control of your Jira labels!
Create, customize, and manage colored labels with ease.
Add descriptions, assign colors, and track usage—all while keeping your projects organized and visually clear.
Create a Colored Label Manager custom field
Access Apps:
Log in as a Jira Administrator.
Click on Apps in the navigation menu.
Navigate to Colored Label Manager:
Go to → Colored Label Manager.
Click on Colored Label Fields.
Create a New Label Field:
Click on Create Colored Label Field.
Enter a Name and Description for your new label field.
Click Create to finalize.
To use Colored Label Fields in your project, you must first add them to the relevant screens.
This ensures they are visible and accessible when creating or editing issues.
Newly Created Label-Item :
The Color is light grey By Default.
Label-specific colors can be set globally, similar to Epics.
Users can customize colors within their projects.
Colors can indicate priority or other meanings within your Jira instance.
You can always change a label’s color—just select the desired color in the select list .
Already assigned labels on issues will update automatically.
Global Colored Label Management:
This is a list of all Jira labels used in your instance. In this view, you can:
Create label-Item and add them to Jira issues.
Edit label-Item
Search for specific labels.
Check how many issues a label is assigned to.
Export labels to CSV.
Edit, merge, or delete one or multiple labels.
Add or remove labels from multiple Jira issues.
Copy a label .
See unused labels
The "Click to see issues" column shows how often a label has been used. Click the link to open a filtered view of all issues with that label in a new tab.
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