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Disable the Log Work option in JIRA

Owned by Attila Bordás
Last updated: Dec 16, 2019 by Tibor Tasi
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Prerequisites

For all of the following procedures, you must be logged in as a user with JIRA Administrators global permission.

Users who are using the functionality and validation of Timetracker sometimes want to disable the log work module in JIRA.


Disable Log Work Components


To disable default Log Work components, take the following steps:

  1. Log in as a user with the JIRA Administrators global permission

  2. From the top navigation bar in your application, choose → Add-ons or Manage apps.

  3. Select System filter in the drop down
  4. Select System in the drop down


Remove Log Work button on your Issue screen


  1. Search for Issue Operations Plugin

  2. Disable the View Issue Ops Bar Work Link (log-work) module


Remove Log Work tab on your Issue screen


  1. Search for Issue Tab Panels Plugin
  2. Disable the Work Log Tab Panel (worklog-tab panel) module


Remove Time tracking section


Remove Log Work '+' button on Time Tracking section

  1. Search for Atlassian JIRA - Plugins - View Issue Panels

  2. Disable the webfragments.view.issue.timetracking.create.worklog (create-worklog) module


Remove Time Tracking section entirely

  1. Search for Atlassian JIRA - Plugins - View Issue Panels

  2. Disable the "timetrackingmodule" module




If all went well, with these modules disabled, there are no visible buttons or links for work logging.


Hiding these components are just front-end modifications, so any third-party app can log work bypassing our validation.
Make sure that the Log Work and Time Tracking fields were not added to any customized screen. If this is not done, the user can log work and specify time estimates on the default JIRA Log Work screen when performing JIRA operation, such as editing, creating an issue, or transitioning an issue to another status bypassing our validation.