Change owner of a Board in Jira (2024)

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Dillon Gilkey December 5, 2018

I'm on Jira version 7.12.3

I'm an Admin within Jira as well

My question is how do I go about changing the owner of a Board? The owner of the Board is currently inactive as shown below.

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Sümeye Beki September 20, 2021

Hi, it is a bit late respond but I figured it out and want to explain :) I realized that the "Owner" is not the owner of the Board. It's owner of the shared filter. It is not about Board settings, all you need to do is changing the right filter that your board is using.

To do that,

Go to Jira Administration > System > Shared Filter then, find the filter. Click the wheel icon on the right of the filter and choose "Change Owner"

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Paul Gaida April 14, 2022

Thank you! I just was searching für the possibility to change the Owner. The old one has been deactivated and I could not change the ownership. But I also thought I is the board owner.

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Ifat Keren September 22, 2022

@Sümeye Bekithanks a lot!
A small question about it -

When I'm trying to search by owner, but the current owner is off board, I can not find filters or this user at all. only if i search by the filter name. make sence?

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March 1, 2023

Thanks@Sümeye Beki for the comment and@Dillon Gilkeyfor the post. Changing the owner of the filter worked!

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January 25, 2019

Hi@Dillon Gilkey,

Were you ever able to resolve this? If not here is what I suggest...

If I remember correctly only the board's owner can give ownership to another user so if you are the site admin, temporarily reactivate the inactive user, then use the site-admin function "log in as user" and use that person's account to open the board settings and change the owner to someone else.

The ability to log in as another user is reserved to the site admin only, so if you don't have that security level you'll need to find out who does and ask them to do this for you.

Hope this helps,

-Scott

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June 5, 2020

You can log in as the inactive user (as an admin, you'll need to temp reactivate the acct) and change it to someone else.

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Jason Walther December 10, 2018

Hi !

I don't know if this is possible but you could copy the board and use the copy instead.

The new owner is the person wo copies the board.

Regards,

Jason

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Dillon Gilkey December 13, 2018

Hi Jason,

Even if I copy it, I still can't make another user the Owner of the Board?

- Dillon

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Change owner of a Board in Jira? ›

The only way to do this is to recreate the user in Jira, make sure they are an "active" user (not disabled) and then have the site admin log in to Jira as the user and reassign the board to someone else. Learn how to use Plans to accurately map your team's work and make better recommendations.

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Can we change the owner of a board in Jira? ›

Even the owner of the board cannot change the ownership.

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How do I change the admin of a Jira board? ›

On the board settings screen, click any of the names in the Administrators field (a 'pencil' icon will appear when you hover over them). Enter the names of the desired users or groups. If you start typing the name, a list of users and groups will be suggested. Press the Enter key when finished.

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How do I change the ownership of a project in Jira? ›

Project owner ..you mean to say..project lead/admin in jira? Okay .. you can change it to navigating through the respective project setting --> details. on the project details page at the bottom, you can find the project lead and change it. Yep.

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How to transfer ownership of a dashboard in Jira? ›

Click the icon to the right of the dashboard whose ownership you wish to change and select Change Owner. In the 'Change Owner' dialog box, enter the username (or name) of the user who will become the new owner of the dashboard. Select the appropriate user from the drop-down list and click the Change Owner button.

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How do I change the owner of a component in Jira? ›

To change a component's owner team:

Go to your component's Overview page.
In the Owner team section, hover over the team's name and select Edit ( ).
Select a team from the Owner team dropdown.
Select Save.

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How do I make someone an admin on a Jira board? ›

Changing a board's administrators

Go to the desired board and select Board > Configure.
On the Board Configuration screen, click any of the name(s) in the Administrators field (a 'pencil' icon will appear when you hover over them).
Enter the names of the desired users or groups.

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How do I transfer admin rights in Jira? ›

To give someone a product admin role:

Go to admin.atlassian.com. ...
Select Directory > Users.
Select a user.
Select Grant access to view a list of products the user doesn't have access to.
From the Product roles dropdown for a Product, select Product admin (you can change a user's product role anytime).

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Can a Jira project have multiple owners? ›

No, Jira Cloud does not support multiple owners for filters and dashboards. Community Leaders are connectors, ambassadors, and mentors. On the online community, they serve as thought leaders, product experts, and moderators.

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How do I change user rights in Jira? ›

Grant project permissions

Go to Project settings ( ) > Permissions.
Select Actions ( ) > Edit permissions.
To grant permissions, select Edit next to the permission you want to grant access to.
Select Project Role, Application access, or Group, and then select an option.
Select Grant.

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How do I change the owner of my dashboard? ›

Access dashboard settings. Locate ownership or permissions section. Select dashboards to transfer. Choose new owner and confirm.

How to find the owner of Jira board? ›

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Since you have access to the project you can :goto filters --> View all filters --> Find the board filter eg: Filter for CARL board , you can see the owner of the filter listed there, who is your board admin. However, be aware that the access to the filter can be restricted by the board admin sometimes.

How do I change ownership of a sheet report or dashboard? ›

At the top-right corner of the sheet, report, or dashboard, select Share. In the Collaborators section of the sharing form, scroll to the person that you want to make the new Owner. Hover over their permission settings to reveal the dropdown, and then select Make Owner.

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Can you change the owner of a filter in Jira? ›

Choose > System. Click Filters. Search for a filter or scroll through the full list. Next to the shared filter, click > Change owner.

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How to find the owner of a Jira board? ›

Please, click on Jira Search > Boards and check if you can see the boards and admins. If you can see in the UI you should also be able to see using API.

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