Remove labels for issues in bulk by using Jira Command Line Interface (CLI)

Owned by Avinash Bhagawati
Last updated: Mar 02, 2020 by Smita Nair
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This article explains how to remove labels in bulk from Jira issues with Jira Command Line Interface (CLI).

Instructions

  1. Form a JQL query to find the target issue from which labels are to be removed. Refer to the following sample JQL for reference:

    project = ABC AND issuetype = Bug

  2. Combine runFromIssueList and removeLabels to remove the labels for the target issues. This example works because runFromIssueList has the jql parameter and removeLabels has issue and labels parameters.

    --action runFromIssueList --jql "project = ABC AND issuetype = Bug" --common "--action removeLabels --issue @issue@ --labels "@all" "
  • Additionally, use the suppressNotify parameter to suppress notifications for users. 
  • It is recommended to test this scenario in a non-production environment, or, run the action with the --simulate parameter to verify the behavior before implementing it in production.