Depricating Issue Links

Question

Hello,

I recently merged 2 Jira cloud instances together and we now have a lot of custom Linking Issue types.

We have a lot of tickets, new and closed, that used some issue links I would like to deprecate/hide so they are no longer selected.  Unfortunately the only option is to edit or delete them.

Does anyone know of a way to hide all the un-needed issue links?

John Funk · Accepted Answer

Hi Chuck,

I am not aware of a way to do anything other than Edit or Delete unfortunately.

Mikael Sandberg · Accepted Answer

In native Jira it is not possible to hide unwanted link types, there is a suggestion in JAC to be able to do it, JRACLOUD-16325, but based on the latest update it is unlikely that we will see this implemented anytime soon. Your workaround would be to use an app like Scriptrunner to do this. I bet some of the other script apps in the Marketplace can do this too.

Aron Gombas _Midori_ · Accepted Answer

Not possible.

If I were you, as a cheap workaround I would rename the link from:

Depends on

to something like:

🚫 DEPRECATED: Depends on

Of course, it is still possible to create a link of this type, but I guess a good name will discourage your people doing so.