How to Close a Sprint in Jira

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May 25, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to complete and close a Jira sprint in seconds.

Quick summary

This demo shows how to close a sprint in Jira by navigating to your project space, clicking Complete Sprint, and reassigning any unfinished issues to a new destination. The entire sprint closure process takes just a few clicks directly from the Jira board.

Steps

On Jira's home page, find the project space that contains the sprint you want to close.
Click Complete Sprint to begin the sprint closure process.
Open the menu and select where you want to move completed sprint issues.
Click Complete Sprint again to confirm and finalize the action.
The selected Jira sprint is now fully completed and closed.

📌 Why this matters

Closing a sprint in Jira is a critical step in agile project management that ensures completed work is properly recorded and unfinished issues are triaged into the backlog or a new sprint. Jira's built-in Complete Sprint workflow gives scrum teams a structured, auditable way to end each iteration without losing track of open tasks. This keeps velocity metrics accurate, supports retrospective planning, and maintains a clean board for the next sprint cycle. Teams that consistently close sprints correctly see better forecasting and more reliable agile reporting across projects.

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