How do I turn off the Fix version flag on the Backlog view of my Scrum board

[dmeyers]

The backlog view on my Scrum board currently displays all of my issues in the various sprints and the backlog.  The issues with an entered Epic link display a colored flag with the Epic Name.  I have recently started using the Fix Version field and it is now displaying a colored flag with the Release name in the various sprints and the backlog.  Is there a way to turn off the Fix Version colored flag?

[Ste Wright]

Hi @dmeyers

Not as standard - I don't believe you can modify showing the Release/Version on the backlog view.

You mention these are coloured though? What colours are used?

And is this on Server or Cloud? If Cloud, is it Classic or Next-Gen?

Happy to still check into this depending on the host type and see if there is an alternative!

Ste

[Admin]

Hi @Ste Wright 

We experience the same issue described above:

- Jira Software

- Cloud

- Company managed project

When we started to use "Fix versions" they immediately appeared in the backlog view, written in bold and on a grey label, left to the colored epic label.

This is ugly and very user unfriendly for the following reasons:

- the version label covers (part of) the story name and makes is unreadable

- the fix version can be added in the board configuration > card layout as an additional field and would then appear on a second line below the story title (> in normal font / not bold). So it's completely useless to show the version "by default" -  without a (known) possibility to make this ugly version "tag" disappear from the backlog view.

Is there any help or recommendation how to deal with this issue?

best regards, Dieter