Can a JIRA Administrator change or delete other users comments in a JIRA ticket?

[rfeehan]

Comments in JIRA tickets are disappearing. How is this possible? Does a JIRA Administrator have the ability to delete previously entered user comments in a JIRA ticket?

[Joe Pitt]

I suggest removing delete permission for comments from everyone. Actions, in the issue may be based on a comment. Removing the comment may call into question why someone did something. In my opinion JIRA should be treated as a system of record and nothing deleted.

[Kurt Klinner]

@rfeehan 

It depends on the permission scheme configured for the project.

If the Edit all comments / Delete all comments permission is granted then it could be possible 

see also https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/managing-project-permissions-938847145.html

Cheers

Kurt

[Hana Kučerová]

Hi,

yes, it is possible, that some users have this ability. 

Check permissions settings for your project. There are two permissions:

• which users can delete all comments in project
• which users can delete own comments in project