Screenshot from iOS. Created and tested on Android and web with similar results.

I created a recurring task. Once I complete it, I click the bullet to mark it as done. It relocates it to the completed section below. When does it go back up for the next occurrence? How can I get it to reappear in the calendar again for the future occurances?

I capture tasks on the go, so they land in Google Tasks half-baked - "email vendor thing," no context, no due date.

I'd like to point Claude at the list and have it clean them up: rewrite vague titles into actual next actions, add descriptions where it can infer them.

Also want it working the other way during my weekly planning session - Claude creating properly written tasks directly in Google Tasks, not just reading them.

Anyone got this working? I know about Zapier and the Tasks API, but curious if there's something cleaner (MCP server, script, whatever).

In the Gmail web app, when I open an email in a new window, the one-click button to add the email to tasks goes away. Any way to keep it there in the new window?

I heavily use the starring feature on tasks to keep track of what I want to accomplish for the day. I have a few cleaning-type tasks that recur on certain days that I star when I want to do them, but once I complete them, they seem to become unstarred. Is there a way to keep those tasks starred so when they repopulate they appear on my starred list? I've tried searching and can't find anything specifically talking about this, so I'm not sure if it's possible, but figured I'd check. Thanks in advance!

Hi there! newer to Reddit posts so forgive me for the layout. *cross posted*

I have a google calendar under one main email, let's call it brit@gmail. I received an invitation from my new psychologist, let's call it psych@gmail. However, when I went to change the category, it is only allowing me to choose one calendar (first screenshot), and i'm not able to correctly categorize the meeting, despite having about 8 different calendars (see second screenshot) I'm completely unsure the reasoning and need help to get all my calendar labels to show. On desktop, it allows me to copy the event to another calendar, but won't allow me to relabel the original. The original event invite shows my psychologist's email as her own category (see third screenshot).

All calendars are under brit@gmail, and I received the invite from psych@gmail to my brit@gmail. there should be no reason it's blocking the categories!

Additionally, I sync these with my iphone calendar, which only has one category, labeled brits calendar (not listed in the screenshots). Her email is also a contact in my phone, it's named "Avela Health," visible in the first screenshot.

Can someone help explain step by step how I can release psych@gmail from my main calendar category ("work") to a new calendar category ("brit's appointments")? i'm AuDHD so I need clarity and explanation of possible! thank you so much for your time! 💕

I've noticed this happened over the last month or so. Half of the time rwhen I set a reminder for a specific date/time, ilthe notification does not pop up until I've loaded up the app later that day. I've had a look through my notifications settings and I can't see anything obvious that would be affecting it. I'm using a Samsung s24 ultra, does anyone know how to fix this?

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Also a minor issues, but before the last major Samsung update, when having multiple reminders, each reminder would get it's own separate notification. Now they're all bundled up (see screenshot for example where 4 reminders have been bundled and only the latest one is on show). Is It possible to change this?

Hey, so I have two recurring tasks that show up every month (a reminder to pay my rent and a reminder to renew my bus card) and I get notifications for them just fine. But I noticed last month that notifications for newly created tasks don't show up, even though they're in the app. I have notifications enabled, I triple checked everywhere, and app optimization is disabled so that it doesn't turn off in the background. Has anybody else had this issue? Do you know how to fix it? My phone is a samsung A54 if this matters. I use reminders heavily because of my ADHD, and I've had to throw several lunches I left at work away now because my reminders aren't working and alarms go away too quickly. Please help!

Where have the Task Swipe actions gone?

Genuinely a great feature gone with update Android

I’m using Google Tasks with recurring tasks, but it keeps showing old incomplete instances and clutters my list.

I only want to see today’s tasks, not past or leftover recurring items.

Is there any way to:

• hide past incomplete recurring tasks
• or make Google Tasks show only today’s active tasks by default?

Any workaround or setup tips appreciated.

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I use my default "My Tasks" list for everything, but I've started mixing in low-priority stuff — more like reminders than real tasks. The problem is this clutters my main list, and since I have it as a widget on my home screen, it kills the focus I want when I look at it.

What I'm really after: I want these minor tasks to show up on my calendar but NOT in my main task list (and not in the widget).

Is anyone else dealing with this? How do you handle the overlap between "actual tasks" and "just reminders"? Any setup or workaround you'd suggest?

Thanks!

I really appreciate being able to see tasks on the calendar. But I noticed recently when adding a task by clicking on the calendar it is added to my default calendar. I haven't noticed a functional difference other than I have to remember to add a task through the sidebar now (slightly annoying). It just feels unnecessary to me. Has anyone else noticed this?

https://imgur.com/a/r4MDAs5

Hey folks, I kept wishing Google Tasks had a proper Mac app, so I built one.

TaskMenu is a small native macOS menu bar app for Google Tasks: quick access, task lists, add/edit/complete tasks, search, and due-date reminders without keeping Gmail or Calendar open.

It’s not on the App Store yet, so the current download is from GitHub Releases: https://github.com/crazytan/TaskMenu/releases. Let me know what you think! Any feedback here or in Github are greatly appreciated.

I’m the developer, and I’d love feedback from other Google Tasks users on macOS.

It's a minor issue I am having with the time on tasks. I feel I could thrive more, if the time on completion was an option. It could be used for so much - what time medication was taken, washing was done etc. But more importantly, what time I fed my Fish.

Example of what I see from my recurring task -

Feed Fish

Completed: Tuesday 5th May

Next: Tomorrow

Example of what I want to see from my recurring task -

Feed Fish

Completed: 11:22am on Tuesday 5th May

Next: Tomorrow

Is there anyway to make this happen or anyway I can beg Google through email?

How do you manage your habits? I don’t want them showing up with un-repeated tasks because it gets really cluttered. Also, do you keep all your habits in one list, or split them across lists like Work, Personal, Uni, etc.?

We often deal with capturing notes and tasks in different apps, and to make matters worse, we even have separate apps for Personal and Work.

To make all the capturing among notes & takes simple and relatable, back in 2024 I built this app called Quick Capture - Supasend for Google Tasks and today it supports Google Tasks with the same thesis.

I am one of those who use Obsidian for personal notes, Google tasks for personal tasks and Todoist for Work.

https://reddit.com/link/1sudc5b/video/kxnbik3ml4xg1/player

You can checkout here https://apps.apple.com/in/app/quick-capture-supasend/id6504688166

What do you want to see next for Google Tasks in Supasend app?

How would I go about turning this entire task into a solid color? I hate the transparent look of them. I read only that you have to put it to "busy", but I do not have that option

Tasks question 

I switched from iPhone to pixel, and now am trying to use the Tasks app instead of reminders.

The notifications will show up, but what I liked about Apple reminders is that it stayed as a banner on your lock screen until you clicked it off.

I want this again for Tasks. 

Is it possible? I see it's flagged in the app with "two per day" or "one per week" notifications. Can that be changed?

Hello, is it possible to color code task lists? Every time I Google it, it says that it is possible to change the colors of tasks in different lists, but I have not been able to change them at all. All of my tasks regardless of list are the same color. I've watched several tutorials, and I literally do not have the options that are shown in the videos when I follow along. Did Google remove this feature or am I going crazy? Nothing makes sense!

Hi everyone, I am trying to use the feature to set a duration for Google Tasks, but I cannot find the option in my mobile apps. In both the Google Calendar and Google Tasks apps on my phone, the task edit screen only shows the start time and an option to "Add deadline." There is no field to enter an end time or a specific duration (such as 1 hour). Am I doing something wrong, or is this feature currently limited to the desktop version?

Gemini just messed up the naming and description of over 200 tasks... and could not undo it 🤦‍♂️ I just wanted to ad a prefix for better sorting...

I already had a queasy feeling during firing the prompt. But I would say my mistake.

Just don't do this yourself!