Manage multiple work items in your list
You must have the following to do the things described on this page.
Permission: Edit work items, Delete work items
You can copy and delete multiple work items in the list view at once. Managing your list in a few clicks allows you and your team to work more efficiently.
Copy multiple work items
You can copy multiple work items in the list view and paste them into different applications in the table format.
To copy multiple work items:
Select the work items that you want to copy.
Select Copy to clipboard from the selection bar that appears at the bottom of the screen.
You can paste the work items into the application of your choice. If the application supports table format (for example, MS Excel and Gmail), the work items are pasted as a table.
Edit multiple work items
You can edit up to 1,000 work items at once.
To edit multiple work items in the list view:
Select multiple work items in the list. You can either:
use the work item checkboxes,
hold command (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) while selecting work items, or
hold the Shift key to select a group of adjacent work items.
Once you’ve chosen the work items you’d like to edit, select Edit from the toolbar that appears. This will open the bulk edit sidebar.
Choose what you’d like to do with the fields shared across the selected work items by clicking into the field and making direct edits. You can also search for additional fields you may want to edit using the search bar. Some fields may require you to choose from a handful of options. The options depend on the type of field, but may include:
Keep as is - Make no changes to that field across the selected work items
Add new - Add new values to what’s already there across the selected work items
Find and remove - Remove a specific value from the field across the selected work items
Replace all - Replace the existing content for that field across all selected work items
Remove all - Remove all values from the field across the selected work items
When you’re done editing, select Next to review your changes on a confirmation screen.
Select Confirm to save your edits.
Delete multiple work items
You can delete up to 50 work items from the list view at once.
To delete multiple work items:
Select multiple work items from the list. You can either:
use the work item checkboxes,
hold command (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) while selecting work items, or
hold the Shift key to select a group of adjacent work items.
Select Delete.
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