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How to Close an Active Sprint in Jira

Updated on:
May 11, 2026
By:
Madhav Bhandari
Use this interactive demo to learn how to successfully close an active sprint in Jira.

Quick summary

Closing an active sprint in Jira requires navigating to your Scrum project, accessing Active Sprints, and confirming completion through the Complete Sprint dialog. This process finalizes the sprint, summarizes open issues, and prepares your board for the next sprint cycle.


Steps

  1. Navigate to your desired Scrum project and click on it.
  2. On the left-hand menu, click on Active Sprints to view the current active sprint.
  3. At the top-right corner of the sprint panel, click the Complete Sprint button.
  4. A dialogue box will appear summarizing the issues in the sprint — click Complete Sprint to confirm the action.
  5. Your active sprint has been successfully closed in Jira.

📌 Why this matters

Knowing how to close an active sprint in Jira is essential for Scrum teams that follow agile project management workflows. Properly completing a sprint ensures all unfinished issues are accounted for, moved to the backlog or next sprint, and that your team's velocity and reporting data remain accurate. This process keeps your Jira board clean, supports effective sprint retrospectives, and maintains a clear audit trail of completed work. Teams that consistently close sprints correctly get better insights from Jira's built-in reports, including burndown charts and velocity tracking.
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