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About labels
Labelling allows you to categorise an issue(s) in a more informal way than assigning it to a version or component.
When viewing an issue, the issue's labels appear in the 'Details' section:
Screenshot: the 'Details' section within an issue

 | If your JIRA administrator has added any custom fields of type 'Label', they will be shown below the 'Labels' field. For example, if you are using GreenHopper, a field called 'Epic' will be shown (see the GreenHopper documentation on Working with Epics. |
 | You can click a label (e.g. 'doc' in the above screenshot) to jump to the Issue Navigator and see a list of all issues which have that label. |
You can also:
Adding a label to an issue
- View the issue which you want to label.
- Click the 'edit' icon which appears to the right of the word 'Labels':

- In the pop-up dialog box that appears, either type your label and press the <Enter> key, or click the down-arrow icon to select from a list of suggestions.

You can type multiple labels, separated by spaces.
- Normally when you edit and save an issue, certain people are notified via email.
- If you want the normal notification email to be sent, select the 'Send update notification' check-box.
- If you don't want the normal notification email to be sent, leave the 'Send update notification' check-box blank.
Note that the issue's Change History will always be updated when a label is added.
- Click the 'Update' button. Your new label will be saved.
You can also add a label when you create or edit an issue.
Removing a label from an issue
- View the issue which you want to label.
- Click the 'edit' icon which appears to the right of the word 'Labels':

- In the pop-up dialog box that appears, click the 'x' that appears to the right of the label that you wish to remove.

- Normally when you edit and save an issue, certain people are notified via email.
- If you want the normal notification email to be sent, select the 'Send update notification' check-box.
- If you don't want the normal notification email to be sent, leave the 'Send update notification' check-box blank.
Note that the issue's Change History will always be updated when a label is removed.
- Click the 'Update' button. Your change will be saved.
You can also remove a label when you edit an issue.
See also
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