Delete sprint created by mistake, and recreate with same sprint number?

[John Cummins]

Hello, 

We started a new sprint and didn't add all items from the backlog that were supposed to be included. Adding them just after produced a nasty red spike line in the burndown chart. 

Would like to remove all issues from the sprint, delete, and start over with same sprint number. 

Is this possible? 

Thank you. 

[Ditte Simard · Accepted solution]

If by Sprint Number, you mean the Sprint Name, then yes!  If you are referring to the Sprint ID, then no.

[John Cummins]

Yes, the sprint name is what we were concerned with, assuming that the sprint ID is only visible to server admins and relevant to Jira server? 

[Ditte Simard]

Technically the Sprint ID is available to anyone.  For example, if you have a user that is doing an advanced JQL search like this: "Sprint = "Sprint 2022.1"", Jira will automatically change the query to: "Sprint = 32930", where 32930 is the Sprint ID.  When I am collecting Sprint data via a JQL query, I always use the Sprint ID because those values are always unique.  Different Jira Boards can use the same Sprint Name.

[John Cummins]

Even so, the name is what's important for us, not the ID. Thank you for the additional comments.