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Change sprint name

Diane Mascart-McKeon
January 5, 2026

Has something changed recently with Jira? I am no longer able to edit my sprint names.

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Trudy Claspill
Community Champion
January 5, 2026

Hello @Diane Mascart-McKeon 

In what way are you prevented from changing the sprint name?

Are you not finding the Edit Sprint option in the Backlog screen, under the More Actions options for a sprint?

Screenshot 2026-01-05 at 9.53.23 AM.png

Do you find it, but the dialog doesn't open?

Does the dialog open but you are unable to actually change the value?

Are you able to change the value in the dialog but the change does not appear to update the sprint after you click the Update button?

Are you trying to change the name of a Completed sprint, Active sprint, or Future sprint?

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Prachi Bolar
Atlassian Team
Atlassian Team members are employees working across the company in a wide variety of roles.
January 6, 2026

Hello,

Welcome to Community :) 

users with the "Manage Sprints" permission in Jira
 

Please find more details on the same : https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/edit-a-sprint-in-a-company-managed-project/

Are you facing any issues or error?

 

Thank you,

Prachi

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Shalini Pradhan
Atlassian Team
Atlassian Team members are employees working across the company in a wide variety of roles.
January 5, 2026

Hello @Diane Mascart-McKeon ,

Good day! Welcome to Atlassian Community :)

You should be able to edit a active sprint name. Could you tell us what error exactly are you encountering while trying to edit the sprint name?

 

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