How do I remove open issues from the backlog without deleting them?

[nd10]

We have many issues in the backlog which we don't want to lose but we will not use them for now. We would like to have them not visible/removed from the backlog. Is there a way? 

Thanks!

[Ollie Guan · Accepted solution]

Hello @nd10 ,

You can try to remove the 'open' issues in the Board filter.

JQL:

project = OB and status != open ORDER BY Rank ASC

[nd10]

Hi Ollie Guan, thanks for your answer! Now the thing is that not all the open issues have to be removed. Is it maybe a solution to label the issues that have to be removed (with e.g. 'remove' ) and use to following JQL:

project = OB and labels != remove ORDER BY Rank ASC

Will this work? 

Thank you so much

[nd10]

And I suppose only the JIRA Administrators can do this? 

[Ollie Guan]

Not exactly, the board admin can do this.

BTW: You can ask the Board admin to give you the same permissions.

[nd10]

OK, thanks!

And the JQL I suggest will work?

[Ollie Guan]

Sure, the JQL you provided is feasible.

In addition to the board filter, you can also use the quick filter as a board admin.

[James_McManamey]

@nd10 We took the same approach of labeling and updating the backlog filter. I have found that it works quite well. 

One thing that was useful was to use JQL to find issues that hadn't been updated recently e.g

project = XYZ AND update <-180d AND resolution is EMPTY

 and then use the bulk action to apply a label of `Stale`

Wrote up a post on the process in case it helps 

[Tuncay Senturk _Snapbytes_]

Hi @nd10 

You can change the filter query for the board (Configure Board > General > Filter) not to see them in the backlogs section.