I’m working with Jira 7 and need to customize which fields appear on the issue details screen. There are several fields showing up that we don’t actually need for our workflow, specifically things like “Organisation” and “Components”.
I’ve been looking around but can’t seem to locate where I can configure or hide these unnecessary fields from the detail view. Is there a specific configuration screen or admin panel where I can control field visibility? I want to clean up the interface so users only see the relevant information for our projects.
Any guidance on where to find these settings would be really helpful.
Field configuration is what you need. Go to Administration > Issues > Field configurations and find the one linked to your project’s issue types. Set Organisation and Components to “Hidden” instead of deleting them - this keeps your data intact while cleaning up the interface. Check which field configuration scheme your project uses first since some use default settings while others have custom ones. I’ve used this method across different Jira versions and it never messes with existing data.
Check your context configuration too. Go to Administration > Issues > Issue Type Screen Schemes and see which screen scheme your project’s actually using. Projects sometimes inherit screens from the default scheme when you think they’re using a custom one. I hit this exact problem last year - hiding fields through field configuration didn’t work because the wrong screen was being applied. Double-check under Project Administration > Screens to confirm which view screen is active. If you’re still seeing unwanted fields after adjusting field configuration, it’s probably the screen scheme mapping. This fixed similar stubborn visibility issues for me.
u can tweak that in the screen settings. just head to admin > issues > screens, locate the screen for ur project’s view, and ditch the fields u don’t need. it’ll make ur issue page way cleaner!