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Labels and usage counts

Last updated 11/11/2026

The Labels tab is the inventory of every label on your Jira site.

Use the Labels tab

1. Open Settings (cog) > Apps > Label Cleanup. The Labels tab opens first.
2. Type in Filter labels to narrow the list to labels containing that text.
3. Choose Scan usage (or Rescan usage after big changes) to refresh the counts.
4. Use Sort by name or Sort by usage to switch the order.
5. Tick labels to act on them - see Rename, merge or delete labels.

Exact counts

Counts are exact and case-sensitive: Frontend and frontend are counted separately. Jira search treats them as the same label, which is why they are easy to miss, but they appear separately in label suggestions, reports and dashboards.

Counts come from the most recent usage scan. Sites with more than 200,000 work items get partial counts, marked as partial.