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Perform Bulk Actions on Ideas

Kari DuPée
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With the Bulk Actions feature in UserVoice Product Management, you can perform actions on multiple ideas at once. 


Perform Bulk Actions on Active ideas

There are seven actions you can perform on active ideas:
  • Delete
  • Mark as Spam
  • Move
  • Merge 
  • Manage labels
  • Update public status
  • Update internal status

To perform these actions, navigate to the idea grid by clicking the lightbulb in the left-hand menu. Click "All open ideas", choose your desired forum or choose your desired saved view. 

Once in the idea grid:

  • Click the checkbox on the left for the ideas you want to select 
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  • If you want to perform the action on all ideas listed, click the checkbox at the top of the list.  Note: you can select up to 5,000 ideas.
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  • Select the action you want to perform from the blue bar at the top of the list.
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And you're done! 

You will have the option to undo your bulk action after it is completed, except in the case of status updates - these cannot be undone. For all other actions, this option will remain until you refresh the page or leave the forum. 

To Perform a Bulk Action on Removed Ideas

Removed ideas are ideas that have been deleted, marked as spam, merged, or converted to a ticket (for those using Support Tools). You can perform bulk actions on removed ideas or restore them. 

The restore action will return ideas that have been deleted, marked as spam, merged, or converted to a ticket to their original state. 

To perform these actions, navigate to the idea grid by clicking the lightbulb in the left-hand menu. Click "All open ideas", choose your desired forum or choose your desired saved view. 

  • Click the Status dropdown to filter ideas by marked as spam, deleted, or merged.
Note: If you restore a merged idea, it will re-open the idea on the forum, but it won't undo the merge.

 

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  • Click the checkbox on the left for the ideas you want to select
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  • If you want to perform the action on all ideas listed, click the checkbox at the top of the list. You can select up to 5,000 ideas.
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  • Select the action you want to perform from the blue bar at the top of the list 
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Please Note

  • You will have the option to undo your bulk action after it is completed, except for status updates, which cannot be undone! This option will remain until you refresh the page or leave the forum. 
  • You can select all ideas then exclude some from your selection by clicking their checkboxes. 
 

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