I need to find all unused labels in Jira Cloud - labels that are not assigned to any issue

[Akshitha Kankanala]

I know labels IS EMPTY shows issues without labels, but I need the opposite: a list of label names that are not used on any issue.

What is the simplest way to find and delete these unused labels in Jira Cloud? IS there a native Jira option or JQL query for this?

[Rob Hean]

I'm unaware of any query that runs again labels. Queries in Confluence and Jira run against Content and Work Items, so you can't, say, ask Jira to find labels that aren't being used.

There are marketplace apps that can help you find labels that aren't being used on the Confluence side (Label Manager from EasyApp comes to mind), but no native functionality to really manage labels.

[Stavros_Rougas_EasyApps]

@Akshitha Kankanala while @Rob Hean mentioned one of our apps for Confluence, a label manager is part of Space Content Manager, you can merge and delete labels but not do the search you are talking about. It is something we have talked about adding if you want to reach out stavros@easyapps.app.

Or do you mean Jira? You chose Confluence for the post but then wrote Jira in the description.