how to delete unused labels in Jira Cloud? how to alphabetically sort, how to restrict certain users

[Saad Ahmad]

As labels field is free-fall, jira users have randomly created certain labels which are never used.

is there a way to

delete unused labels?

alphabetically sort them?

apply restriction on label field that who can add/remove label to an epic?

[Fazila Ashraf · Accepted solution]

Hi @Saad Ahmad 

Labels are global objects in jira. All the issues with a particular label in the site has to be removed to 'delete' the label at this time -> https://support.atlassian.com/jira/kb/delete-a-label-in-jira/

[Parva C_ - Narva Software]

Hi Saad,

If you delete a label from all issues, it is removed from the instance. That means it generally involves filtering by label and bulk editing the issues to remove that label. See the link posted by @Fazila Ashraf 

If you want to get a full overview and control over labels, this is not possible out of the box. One option is to use Marketplace apps like the one built by my team: Advanced Label Manager for Jira

It allows managing, sorting (alphabetically as well by usage), merging and deleting labels. You can also build label reports to get deeper insights.