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Remove label with Automation

Justin Warwick

I see that on issue creation I can create an automation action of type "Edit issue" to *apply* labels, but I would also like to be able to *remove* labels. Is there a way to do that?

I would greatly prefer a method that does not require plugins, but if plugins are the only way, which ever is the most stable, least upgrade-affecting plugin would be preferred.

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unknown

Hello @Justin Warwick,

No need of other add-on's. To remove the labels, you just need to leave the value field as empty and save the changes. See screenshot below :

label edit.png

Thanks,

Swathi

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unknown

Hello @Justin Warwick,

No need of other add-on's. To remove the labels, you just need to leave the value field as empty and save the changes. See screenshot below :

label edit.png

Thanks,

Swathi

Justin Warwick

Thank you, Swathi, that worked for my current situation (where we just wanted to remove the issue collector label on the way in). As a further clarification, though: there is no way to remove specific labels, leaving others in place. Our only choice, by this method, is to remove all labels all at once. Is that correct?

unknown

Hi @Justin Warwick,

Yes, that's correct... unfortunately

I know another way to implement this using add-on. Just in case if you are interested, you can try this.

Use script runner post function (custom script) in workflow transition. See the script below :

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.label.LabelManager

def user = ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getLoggedInUser()

LabelManager labelManager = ComponentAccessor.getComponent(LabelManager)
def labels = labelManager.getLabels(issue.id).collect{it.getLabel()}
labels -= 'labelToBeRemoved'
labelManager.setLabels(user,issue.id,labels.toSet(),false,false)

Regards,

Swathi

Justin Warwick

Excellent, thank you, Swathi. This makes for a very complete answer and is very helpful. Cheers!

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For anyone else struggling with this...

Firstly, this doesn't seem to be an option on workflow transitions, you have to use "Automations" instead.

Create a new automation with a trigger of "Work item transitioned", with the relevant states.
Add a "Then" component for "Edit work item".
Select "Labels" as the field to edit
Click the "..." button next to the "Type to find value..." dropdown, and change it to "ADDREMOVE"
Add the labels to be removed to the new field which appear

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