Add or edit a task

When you create a task, you can:

• Add details.
• Set a date and time.
• Add a deadline.
• Make it repeat on certain days.
• Add subtasks.

Important:

• Across all your lists, you can create up to 100,000 tasks.
• For any list, you can create up to 20,000 uncompleted tasks.

Create a task

Add a task with the Google Tasks app

1. Open the Google Tasks app .
2. Tap Add task .
3. Enter a title.
4. Optional:
   • To add more info, tap Add details .
   • To add a date and time or repeat a task, tap Add date/time Done.
5. Tap Save.

Tip: You can only set a due date for your tasks after you start editing the task.

Add a task from an email

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
2. Open the email you want to save as a task.
3. At the top right, tap More options Add to Tasks.

Add a task from Google Calendar

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Calendar app .
2. On your calendar, tap an empty slot Task.
   • Or:
     • You can tap Add Task.
     • At the top right, you can tap Tasks Add task .
3. Update your task settings.
4. At the top right, tap Save.

Tips:

• Any tasks with dates you create in the Tasks app appear on Google Calendar.
• A list of all uncompleted tasks from the last 365 days is available in your current day on Google Calendar.
• When you switch categories from "Task" to "Event" in the middle of the creation process, the Calendar app retains as much of the data as possible.

Learn about task settings

Task setting	Description
Start date and time	Enter the start date and the time you plan to spend on the task.
Deadline	Enter the date you expect to complete the task. The deadline appears on the "All day" section of Calendar.
Description	Enter the date when the task must be completed.
Task list	Select a list for your task.

Add a task from Google Chat

You can create a personal task from Google Chat. 

1. Open the Google Chat app .
2. Touch and hold the chat message you want to add as a task.
3. Tap Add to Tasks.
4. Finish your draft task in the Tasks app.

Tips: 

• If you add a date to your task in Google Tasks, the task also appears on Google Calendar.
• If you edit the task in Google Tasks, the Chat message remains unchanged. 
• To navigate back to your Chat message from Google Tasks, below the task, click the chat’s name. 

Change a task 

You can:

• Change the task name
• Add details
• Set a due date
• Add subtasks

1. Open the Google Tasks app .
2. Tap the task you want to edit.
3. Change the task info.
4. Tap Back .

Tips:

• If you want to change the date and time of the next repeating task in a series, tap the date.
• To edit the date and time for all tasks, at the bottom, tap the repetition info.

Mark a task as complete

1. Open the Google Tasks app .

2. To the left of a task, tap Complete .

Delete a task 

1. Open the Google Tasks app .
2. Tap the task you want to delete Delete .

Delete a task in a repeating series

1. Open the Google Calendar app .
2. Tap the task you want to delete.
3. Tap Delete This task.

Learn about task notifications

• If you add a date and time to your task, you get notifications at the scheduled date and time.
• Tasks with a date also appear in the Calendar app.
• For tasks without a time, notifications appear at 9 AM.
• For tasks with a deadline, you get a notification to complete the task on the day of the deadline at 9 AM in your local time.

Learn about repeating tasks

• To repeat a task, select the date and time Repeat .
• Tasks with subtasks can't repeat.
• In Calendar, a certain number of upcoming instances of a repeating task will appear on the calendar grid, and as time passes, new ones will be added automatically.

Related resources

• Add a list
• Learn about Google Tasks
• Use notifications for tasks