Quick summary
Moving a ticket to the backlog in Jira lets teams deprioritize work items from an active sprint without deleting them. Using the More Actions menu and the Move Work Item option, you can reassign any ticket to the backlog in just a few clicks.
Steps
- In your Jira scrum board, find the ticket you want to edit and click the More Actions button next to it.
- Hover your mouse cursor over the Move Work Item option in the context menu.
- Select Backlog from the list of available options.
- The selected ticket in your Jira scrum board will now be moved to backlog.
