How to do it...

Proceed with the following steps to hide a field in Jira:

  1. Log into Jira with a user that has a Jira administrator's permission.
  2. Navigate to Administration > Issues > Field Configurations.
  3. Click on the Configure link for the field configuration used by the project and issue type.
  4. Click on the Hide link for Priority and Due Date.
Clicking on the  Show link will expose the field. You should not hide a mandatory field.