Q: I’m getting too many notifications from Jira. How do I get more signal, less noise?

A: The three ways I do it:

1] When I get a Jira email I didn’t want, I click the “Manage Notifications” button in the lower left-hand corner of the email:

. . . and chop down Default Notification Settings. Here’s where I’m at now:

. . . and nothing else.

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2] I also keep a sharp eye on how many tickets I’m “Watching“, to use Jira’s term of art.

I turn individual tickets’ Watched status on and off using the eyeball icon in the upper right-hand corner of an individual ticket:

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3] I bulk-deactivate Watching for a bunch of tickets by

a] turning on JQL after a search:

b] searching for watcher = currentUser(), then choosing “Bulk change all X issue(s)” from the hamburger:

c] walking through the “Bulk Operation” wizard, and choosing “Stop Watching Issues” when prompted