Bulk delete issue links in tickets

Question

I am looking for a way to delete issue links of a particular type from a huge number of jira issues. Few of the issues have more than 2000 links.

I am using the below automation rule but this get stuck in In progress probably due to large number of links.

Any better solution/workaround to handle this would be great to know.

I also did not find an API that bulk deletes links from issues.

Marc -Devoteam- · Answer

Hi @Priyanka Agrawal

No it requires you to have "Link issue permission" on each project in Jira.

So you need to be in the administrator role on each project in Jira.

Priyanka Agrawal_nef1a1 · Answer

I tried that but I get this error despite having admin permission. Also, it is not mentioned which project is it referring to? I see nothing under "Body".

Marc -Devoteam- · Answer

Hi @Priyanka Agrawal

You can use the API, see api-rest-api-3-issuelink-linkid-delete

Still this will have a limit as well, its not specified.