Finding and Removing a User from Watcher Lists in Jira

[Kevin Lu]

Dear Jira Experts,

One of my co-workers has been reassigned to another department and will no longer need to use Jira.

However, many issues (tickets) have him listed as a Watcher. In this case, how do I find all the issues where he is a Watcher so I can remove him from the Watcher list?

Thanks!

[John Funk]

Hi Kevin,

You can run a query in the search for Watcher = account ID or name of user

Then click the 3 dots menu and select Bulk change. Follow the prompts to choose all of the issues. Then Choose Stop Watching Issues. 

[Trudy P Claspill]

I think that only the user themselves can use the Stop Watching option in Bulk Change. I don't think one user can use that to remove another user from the Watchers list of multiple issues.

[John Funk]

Doh! Yes, forgot to mention that you need to have the user do that. 

And now that I think about it, just have them do

Watcher = currentUser()

Thanks @Trudy P Claspill !!!!