JIRA - Label an Issue

A Label is used to categorize an issue. It is similar to the hashtag (#) used in twitter, Facebook or other social sites. It also helps while searching an issue. While viewing an issue, the label appears in the detail section of the issue.

The following screenshot shows where the labels are present in the issue detail page.

Once the user clicks on the label i.e. WFT, it will display the list of issues having the same label.

The following screenshot shows how to search issues using label names −

Add and Remove Labels

To add or remove labels, a user has to go to the View Issue page and select the issue that needs to add labels. Click on More → Labels. A dialogue box will appear.

The following screenshot shows how to access the Label features.

Start typing the label and select from the suggestions. The following screenshot shows how to add labels.

To ‘Delete’ a label, click on the close (x) sign, which appears beside the label name. The following screenshot shows how to delete an existing label −

Click on the Update button. Labels are added / removed from an issue and can be verified in the Detail Section of the View Issue Page.

The following screenshot shows where to verify the updated labels.