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Manage templates
This page provides information how to manage your templates.
You can manage your templates at any time. Simply navigate to Templates Repository > Project settings > Issue Templates and open Manage templates tab.
Edit
If you want to reconfigure a template, click the pencil icon. The configuration dialog opens up.
You can change following data:
a. in General tab:
- Template name
- Make template selectable
- Scopes
- Copy Subtasks
b. in Availability tab:
- Limit the usage of the template to selected projects
Delete template
You can delete a template by clicking the trash icon. If you want to completely remove the template you need to delete the original issue that served as a template. Options from the Template select field will be cleared in every issue created from that template.
If you suspect that you might need this template in the future you can simply disable it to preserve it instead of deleting it. See the section below for details.
Disable template
If you don’t use the template anymore, you can switch it off. This operation is reversible and does not delete values in issues already created from that template.
There are two ways to disable the template:
- Availability settings - leave the Availability select empty, so that the template is unavailable in all projects
- Use as a template toggle - simply switch it off to disable the template. The panel with template settings will collapse and corresponding option will disappear from the Template select field. Switching on the toggle will bring back the configuration.
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