Manage repeating tasks in Google Tasks and Google Calendar

You can create, edit and delete repeating tasks in Google Tasks and Google Calendar.

Important:

• A limited number of upcoming recurring tasks appear at one time on your Calendar grid. As time passes, new tasks appear automatically.
• Shared tasks and subtasks can't be set to repeat.
• Recurring tasks can't be moved to other task lists.
• If you stop a series of tasks from repeating, you can't set it to repeat again. You must create a new series of repeating tasks.

Set tasks to repeat

To set tasks to repeat from Google Tasks:

1. Open the Google Tasks app .
2. Tap an existing task or create a new task.
3. Tap Add date/time   Repeat .
4. Under 'Repeats every', select day, week, month or year.
5. Under 'Ends', select an option to create a recurring task: 
   • With no end date, select Never.
   • With a specific end date, select On, then choose a date.
   • This ends after a certain number of occurrences, select After, then select a number of occurrences.
6. Tap OK  Done.

To set tasks to repeat from Google Calendar: 

1. Open the Google Calendar app .
2. Tap an existing task or create a new task.
3. Tap Edit .
4. Below the date, tap Does not repeat . 
5. Select an option:
   • Select a pre-set frequency: Every day, Every week or Every year. Tap Save.
   • Select Custom. Set your preferred recurrence frequency and end date. Tap Done  Save.

Edit or complete a recurring task

To edit or complete a recurring task from Google Tasks: 

1. Open the Google Tasks app .
2. Tap the task that you want to change.
   • To edit the date and time or stop a task from repeating, at the bottom of the task, tap the repetition info.
   • To mark the task complete, tap Mark completed. The task is crossed out. The next instance of your repeating tasks appears in your task list on the date specified.

Tip: If you want to change the date and time of the next repeating task in a series, tap the date.

To edit or complete a recurring task from Google Calendar:

1. Open the Google Calendar app .
2. Tap a task  Edit . 
3. Select an option:
   • To edit the date or time of the task, tap Date/Time   Save.
   • To edit how often a task occurs or stop a task from repeating, tap Repeat   Save.
4. To complete a task, tap Mark completed. 

Delete tasks in a series

To delete recurring tasks from Google Tasks:

1. Open the Google Tasks app .
2. Tap the task that you want to delete.
3. At the top right, tap Delete Delete all. 

To delete recurring tasks from Google Calendar:

1. Open the Google Calendar app .
2. Tap the task that you want to delete  More  Delete.
3. Select an option:
   • This task
   • This and following tasks
   • All tasks
4. Tap Delete.

Important: To delete a single task from a repeating series, you must use Google Calendar.

Related resources

• Add or edit a task
• Organise your tasks
• Use keyboard shortcuts for Google Tasks