Can I stop default groups being added to New projects in JIRA version 7.1.4?

[Kevin Paulus]

When I create a new project in JIRA 7.1.4 , I find 5 different groups are pre-installed into the Project Roles.   The groups are a mix of JIRA default groups as well as user or admin created groups. Here is the list followed by the number of users in each group.
1)  administrators -  16
2)  developers  -  41
3)  Help Desk L1  - 13
4)  users  - 77
5)  Help Desk L2  -  5

I looked into each group and find that some of the group members are listed in more than one group.  It is ridiculous:  A new project gets created and before I can even control access to it, over 80 users have already been granted access.

I know I can delete these groups from the project roles and establish my own project security using unique project groups.
(also...apologies for still using vers 7.1.4 :  As soon as I straighten out the existing administration nightmare, we are going to upgrade to at least version 7.8.0   <some things are beyond my control...for now>)

What I want to know is how do I prevent these 5 groups from being added to every new project I create?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

Go to Admin -> Project Roles and you'll see the global list of roles.  (Use the admin search field, I can never remember which section roles comes under)

You can edit them and set or remove any default groups you want.  As you surmise, you'll still have to clean up old projects, but new ones won't be polluted any more.

Personally, I bin the lot every time.

[Kevin Paulus]

Oy what a mess.  I'm leery of deleting any of the project roles they have listed.  There are 12 of them and I will have to study them closely to see just how  only 5 of these roles are getting inserted into a new project.  As for the existing projects:  Ignorance is bliss <> current project leads, admins, and users are oblivious to any of this and seem quite happy as things exist now.  A couple older addages come to mind:  Don't fix it until someone complains ... and  If I can't fix it, it ain't broke.

Thank you Nic, I will proceed with caution.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Don't remove any roles, just remove the default groups from the existing roles.  That will stop the defaulting-when-new problem.  Worst case, you can always put them back.

[Kevin Paulus]

Tjhanks Nic,

     I have done so and am standing by waiting to see if  a n y b o d y notices.  Either they won't or will and be thankful they don't have to clean up new projects first thing. :)