Deleting multiple filters

[vishuvaidyanathan]

I can see how I can delete one filter at a time (takes a while). But how do we multi-select and delete multiple filters owned by me at the same time?

[Martin Heini]

I do bulk delete of filters and dashboards on this way: create a temporary user (I'll call him 'trash user'), change owner of all the dashboards and filters to delete with Script Runner App (use the feature 'Change dashboard or filter ownership' and change to 'trash user' - a very quick way!). Finally, you just have to delete 'trash user'.

[Shahriar]

Hi, does deleting that "trash user" automatically delete all the filters owned by that user as well? 

[Christine Diamond]

If you still want to see the ability to delete filters in bulk, vote for the JIRA Feature Request: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-68433.

[Richard Price]

all very well, but after using JIRA for several years you end up with a mess of filters... 

[Andreas Geier]

We have now almost end of 2024 and still not possible to multi-delete filters. It's a shame. Jira, how "agile"! are you?

[Andreas Geier]

This pretty simple function is now asked for since at least 8! years and still not implemented.

All these "trash user" workarounds are only possible for people with admin access that can create and delete users what is certainly and naturally not the case for the vast majority of Jira users, especially in bigger companies.

So, yeah, Atlassian is really pathetically dropping the ball here for this basic feature that almost every other application contains from the get-go and ignoring professional user requests.

[Mikael Sandberg]

You cannot select and delete multiple filters, the closest you get is the Shared Filters under System Administration if you have admin permissions. If you are on Jira Server, one possibility would be to remove them directly from the ''searchrequest'' table in database. Just note that this is unsupported and you should backup your database before making any changes to it. 

[Nelson Abbey]

Why is there no functionality for post migration clean-up?  I migrated to a new site for 90 users, the import brought 4000 users, 1000 filters, myriad of other garbage and no bulk admin tools? Whats the point?