What happens when we delete the issue type in jira cloud?

[Ashwini U Kerudi]

What happens when we delete the issue type in jira cloud?

[John Funk]

Hi Ashwini - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

If you delete an issue type, you will have to re-map all of the issues using that issue type to another issue type. If you choose an issue type that uses a different workflow that the one used by the issue type you are deleting, you will need to re-map statuses as well. 

See Sebastian's recommendation for some prep work first. 

[Sebastian Krzewiński]

Hi @Ashwini U Kerudi 

Based on https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/add-edit-and-delete-an-issue-type/

Delete an issue type

Before deleting an issue type, we recommend searching for all issues of that type and bulk editing them to select another existing issue type. You can then delete the original issue type without affecting existing work.

1. Select  > Issues.

2. Click Issue types.

3. Find the relevant issue type and click Delete.

Regards,

Seba