How to move an issue between teams in Linear
This guide shows how to open an issue, move it to another team, and keep its history, comments, and links intact.
Independent guide
Before you start
- A Linear account
- Membership of both the source and the destination team
Interactive guide
What you will do
This guide shows how to open an issue, move it to another team, and keep its history, comments, and links intact. When you finish, the change is saved in Linear and you can confirm it without leaving the screen you ended on.
Steps at a glance
- Open the issue
- Open the context menu
- Select Move to team
- Choose the destination team and status
- Confirm and check the new identifier
Notes and limitations
The issue identifier changes with the team. Existing links redirect, but an identifier someone typed into a document by hand will not update.
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