Is there a way to bulk delete the inactive workflows?

Robert Colburn

We have several JIRA projects buitl out and as changes were made backup were also made, now there is a large number of inactive workflows that need to be removed. I am hoping someone knows a way to bulk delete those inactive workflows, rather than removing them one by one...

Petter Gonçalves

Hello Robert,

You can use the add-on Script Runner and run the following Script to delete all inactive workflows (Except the default):

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

def workflowManager = ComponentAccessor.workflowManager
def schemeManager = ComponentAccessor.workflowSchemeManager

def sb = new StringBuffer()

workflowManager.workflows.each {
if(!it.systemWorkflow) {
def schemes = schemeManager.getSchemesForWorkflow(it)
if (schemes.size() == 0) {
            sb.append("Deleting workflow: ${it.name}\n")
            workflowManager.deleteWorkflow(it)
        }
    }
}

return sb.toString()

P.S: System default workflow should be assigned to some scheme, otherwise script won't work.

For more information about it, please check the question below:

- How to bulk delete Inactive/Draft workflows