Can I remove user from my project without it affecting their access to other projects

[lindsay.makin]

My colleague who previously set up the project and created the Epics and issues has since moved onto another project but keeps getting Jira notifications for any issue updates.

I have changed the Epic details to me (both assignee and reporter) but it keeps defaulting back to my colleague and they continue to receive notifications.

I have also changed the settings to my details for project lead to no avail.

If I go into settings - people, and remove my colleague from this list, will this resolve the issue without it affecting their access to other Jira projects that they are working on?

[John Funk · Accepted solution]

Hi Lindsay,

Yes, you can do that without it affect your colleague's access to other projects. However, it might not change the notifications - it just depends on how the notification scheme is setup for the project. But remove your colleague from the People section and see what happens for the notifications. 

[lindsay.makin]

Hi John

Thanks for your response. The notification scheme is set up to receive notifications to the following:

• All Watchers
• Current Assignee
• Project Lead
• Reporter

we have different reporters and assignees in the project so I won't be able to amend this list because we will still need those other reporters to receive the notifications.