While editing the project key is a major change, in most cases, your Jira project will work as you'd expect with a new key. There are a few cases that you should be aware of, which are listed below. We recommend reviewing these and advising your users accordingly.

Your desired project key must conform to the project key format restrictions specified in your Jira applications. By default, the project key format must be at least 2 characters long and contain only uppercase letters. You can change the project key format to enforce different restrictions. See Changing the project key format for instructions.

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Jan 9, 2023 · Only Jira admins can edit the key in a company-managed project. Project admins can edit the key in a team-managed project. https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/edit-a-projects-details/

Dec 19, 2024 · No, project Id and project key are two separate identifier. The easiest way to find the project Id is to go into an issue in the project and click on the three-dot menu up in the right hand corner and select Export to XML.

To edit the project key or category, you must be a Jira admin. To edit a project's details: Open the project you want to change. From your project's sidebar, select Project settings > Details. Edit the relevant details and select Save details. To change your …

Sep 30, 2021 · Find the current project key using the select statement select * from project_key where project_key = '<PROJECT_KEY>'; After you've found the project id, find all the keys associated with that project id by using the query

Feb 19, 2025 · Learn how to change the issue key counter to a desired number in Jira, improving your Cloud-based issue tracking.

Only organization, site and Jira admins can edit a project key. Project keys provide a shorthand for the issues in your project. Together with an issue's sequential number, they form a unique identifier called an issue key.

Sep 18, 2018 · You can rename the project key but the old key is still there in the DB and you can't reuse it for another project. Please see a similar question https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/After-renaming-project-old-key-not-available/qaq-p/194347. and this is how I managed to reuse old key