How to Change Automatic Assignee in Jira

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Changing the automatic assignee in Jira can be done at the project level or at the workflow level, depending on how you want to handle issue assignments. Here’s how you can do it:

1. Navigate to the Jira project where you want to change the automatic assignee.
2. In the left-hand sidebar, click on 'Project settings' and go to 'Details'.
3. Look for the 'Default Assignee' field in your 'Details'.
4. Select 'Project lead' and it assigns all new issues to the project lead by default.
5. Click on 'Save' to apply the new settings.
6. A notification pops up confirming the change in assignees.