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Is there a way to delete/remove issues that are closed that dont have a resolution?

Jeff Guthrie
Jeff Guthrie May 29, 2013

When Jira/Greenhopper was first installed, there were a significant number of issues that were being closed without a resolution attached to them. They offer us no historical value and mess up the results of issue searches. Can we delete these somehow without opening them all and then deleting them?

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May 29, 2013

Do a jql search with 

status in (Closed, Resolved) and resolution is EMPTY

then bulk change > delete as Timothy suggested.

Alternatively enable editing of closed issues and bulk edit them to add a resolution

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Allow+editing+of+Closed+Issues

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Jeff Guthrie
Jeff Guthrie May 29, 2013

That'd be great but you cant edit closed issues I thought...

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May 29, 2013

just updated it with instructions on editing closed issues.

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May 29, 2013
A bulk delete?
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