nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

How can I move a work item to backlog?

Faheem Maker

In Jira, we previously had an option to select the ellipses icon on a work icon, click move > Backlog

After the change, all tickets on my board are no longer showing this option

In other words, can someone please tell me how to move a work item back to backlog from an scrum board?

Accepted answers

All comments

Faheem Maker

For someone with the same issue:

Go to Backlog
Search for your issue, and open it in board
You will find the Move Work Item, button under ellipses icon as before

Gor Greyan

Hi @Faheem Maker

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

I found similiar post from March.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-questions/quot-Move-work-item-gt-Move-to-Backlog-quot-option-disappeared/qaq-p/2963226

We can ask @Marc -Devoteam-
To provide any update, if he has.

Duc Thang TRAN

Hello @Faheem Maker

Seem you are in "Active sprint" menu,

When you are on backlog menu, do you have this choice ?

James Gamble

Hola Faheem,

It looks like Atlassian has removed the Move to Backlog option from the work item menu in this view. There’s an open suggestion requesting that the option be restored, so this appears to be a current product limitation rather than a board configuration problem.

For now, the native workaround is to move the item from the backlog view. Go to Backlog > locate the work item in its current sprint > drag it into the Backlog section. If you have several planned sprints or a large backlog, you can use the backlog search to locate the item first.

The additional answer showing that the menu may appear after opening the item from the backlog is worth testing. However, I’d still expect drag-and-drop to be the most reliably supported method. Atlassian’s current Scrum backlog documentation also describes organizing work by dragging items between the backlog and sprints.