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Checklist for Jira Project Admins to housekeep attachments

Regular attachment housekeeping helps to:

  • Reduce storage cost by reducing the volume of stored attachments

  • Improve performance with faster load time

  • Improve usability by removing redundant or irrelevant attachments

  • Enhance security by removing outdated or sensitive attachments

Check if project has large number of attachments

What to check

Check the statistics in Project’s Space Quota and determine if the attachment count to issue count ratio and average attachment size is reasonable.

What can you do

Review the attachments in the project.

Identify issues with unnecessary attachments

What to check

Find resolved issues with attachments that haven’t been updated in last x years (e.g. 2):

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project = <project> AND resolution is not EMPTY AND attachments is not EMPTY AND updated < startOfYear(-2)

What can you do

Review the attachments and delete them if no longer needed.

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