Tasks

Create and manage tasks

Learn how to create, edit, complete, and reopen tasks in Do Everything.

Creating a task

On mobile

On the Today or Tasks tab, tap the + (New task) button. On a day with nothing in it yet, Today shows a New task card instead.
Enter a title for your task.
Optionally add details such as a due date, reminder, tags, or a list — or save it as-is and add them later.
Tap Save to create the task.

On the web

On Today or Tasks, select New task in the bottom-right corner, or press C. On a day with nothing in it yet, Today shows a New task card instead. From any page, you can also select Create in the sidebar, then New task.
Enter a title for your task in the panel that opens on the right.
Optionally add details such as a due date, reminder, tags, or a list — or save it as-is and add them later.
Select Save, or press ⌘↵ (Ctrl+Enter on Windows and Linux), to create the task.

You can also create tasks directly from within a list or while you plan your day, and in the mobile app from a home-screen widget.

Editing a task

Open any task.
Update any field — title, description, due date, scheduled date, repeat, reminder, location, tags, list, or section — and add subtasks.
Select Save to keep your changes.

On mobile

If you go back without saving, we ask whether you want to discard your changes.

On the web

The task opens in a panel on the right, and Save appears at the top of it as soon as you change something. ⌘↵ (Ctrl+Enter on Windows and Linux) saves too. If you close the panel without saving, Discard changes? asks whether to Discard them or Stay here.

Marking the task done and changes to its subtasks are saved straight away.

Completing a task

Select the circle next to a task to mark it as done, or open the task and select Mark as done at the bottom. Completed tasks show a tick. On Tasks and in a list, they move from Active to Done, grouped by when you completed them. On Today, they appear under Completed today.

On the free plan, Done shows your last 100 completed tasks; PRO keeps your whole history.

If a task has subtasks, completing the parent task will also mark all its subtasks as done.

Reopening a task

Changed your mind? Select the tick on a completed task to reopen it, or open the task and select Mark as not done. The task goes back to Active. Inside a list, it returns to the section and place it had before you completed it. On Tasks, it's placed by your current sort and grouping.

Task details at a glance

Each task can include:

Title — A short description of what needs doing.
Description — Additional detail or context, in the box for your notes. You can format it with Markdown.
Due date — When the task should be done.
Scheduled date — The day you plan to work on it, and optionally a time of day (used by the planning feature).
Reminder — A notification at a specific date and time, or at a time on the scheduled date or due date. In the mobile app, it can also go off before the due date (for example, 2 days before).
Repeat — Make the task recur daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly.
Subtasks — Break the task into smaller steps.
Tags — Categorise and filter tasks.
List and section — Assign the task to a list for organisation.
Location — Attach a place for additional context (PRO).

Browsing your tasks

Open Tasks to see all your tasks. From here you can:

Sort by most relevant date (the default: scheduled, due or reminder date), due date, recently added, or recently updated. Sorting and grouping aren't available while you're viewing Done.
Group by date (the default), list, or tag.
Search to find tasks by title or description. On the free plan, searching Done covers only your 100 most recent completed tasks.

By default, tasks are grouped by date: Past, Today, This week, Soon, Later, and Someday. Tasks with no due date, scheduled date or reminder appear in the Someday group, making it easy to distinguish between scheduled and unscheduled work. If you sort by due date instead, Someday holds every task without a due date. For more, see the Sort, group, and filter tasks article.