Add or edit a task

When you create a task, you can:

Important:

Create a task

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

You can also edit, delete and complete tasks from Google Calendar. Learn how to create and view tasks in calendar apps.

Open the Google Calendar app .
Choose an option:
- Tap an empty slot on your calendar Task.
- Tap Add Task .
Enter the task name and details.
Tap Save.

Tips:

Any tasks with dates that you create in the Tasks app will 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.

You can create a personal task from Google Chat.

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.

You can ask Google Assistant to create a task. For example, you can say:

You can:

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.

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 9.00 a.m.

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.