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Archive a Task

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Archive a task

If you're done with a task, but want to access it later, you can archive it to clean up your Workspace. When you archive a task, you're removing it from view, not deleting it. You can still at any time.

The difference between deleting and archiving is that archiving allows you to access the information at a later time if necessary.

Archived Tasks can only be retrieved within 30 days. After which they are permanently deleted

What you'll need

  • You can archive tasks on all plans

  • Anyone, including guests with , can archive tasks.

Archive a task

To archive a task:

  1. Open the task you want to archive.

  2. Click the ellipsis ... in the upper-right corner of the task.

  3. Select Archive from the dropdown menu.

Archive multiple tasks

You can archive several tasks at the same time using the Bulk Action Toolbar:

  1. In List view, hover over the tasks you want to archive and click the checkbox on the left of each task.

  2. In the multi-select popup, select the Archive tasks icon in the toolbar.

  3. Click Archive to confirm.

See archived tasks in views

You can easily track down archived tasks when filtering in any view:

  1. Click Filter in the upper-right corner of a view.

  2. Select Archived from the dropdown.

When filtering, you can also choose to exclude archived tasks from your view.

Search for archived tasks

To search for archived tasks:

  1. Click the Search bar at the top navigation bar.

  2. Click the filter icon.

  1. Select Archived input option.

  1. The search results section displays a list of recently archived items.

Unarchive a task

To unarchive a task:

  1. Filter for archived tasks in List view.

  2. Open the task you want to unarchive.

  3. Click Unarchive in the top section of your task window.

You can find archived items, through

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