How to remove a specific type of status in JIRA

Question

I created a new status status in JIRA status. Let me call the new status "MERGED". This is a complement to the standard that Jira provides, such as "To Do", "In Progress", "Done", etc.

However, we decided not to use it. All items marked as Merged have been moved to Done.

How to remove the “United” status parameter in Jira so that no one accidentally places any elements or appears in any JQL queries?

Answer 1

This is explained in Defining Status Field Values , see Removing Status :

The View Statuses page can be used to edit and delete statuses. Note that only statuses are deleted (that is, statuses that are not used in the workflow ).

• The Delete link to delete the status will appear next to the Change status inactive link.

As indicated, you need to make sure that no workflow uses the status that you want to delete, which Statuses can see in the workflow designer for how to achieve this:

Delete status - through the properties panel. Removes status from a workflow, but not a JIRA instance.

Once you have removed the status in question from all workflows, you can remove it from the JIRA instance, as described in the first quote above.