Deleting tasks

Before you delete a task, consider completing it instead.  This will remove it from your task list after a day, but Tasklist will keep the completed task, and you can reopen it.  The topic Complete and reopen tasks explains how to do this.  For example, if you have a root task called Insurance, and you complete all your related tasks, you should consider completing the task rather than deleting it, so that you don't have to create a new task when you have a new task related to insurance.

If you want to delete a task, select it in the task list, and click Delete task on the Tasks tab of the ribbon.  This will delete all of the following:

•the selected task

•all descendants of the selected task

•notes linked to the task (but Tasklist does not delete OneNote notes that you made from within Tasklist)

•copies that Tasklist made of linked documents.  However, deleting a task won't delete the original documents on your hard drive - just the copies that Tasklist made

•the related To Do task

•copies that Tasklist made of linked emails.  However, deleting a task won't delete linked emails in Outlook - just the copies that Tasklist made.

Deleting a task in Tasklist also deletes the linked task in Microsoft To Do.  However, deleting a task in Microsoft To Do does not delete it from the list in Tasklist, because To Do does not tell Tasklist when a task is deleted. 

If you use the Tasklist Microsoft Word and Excel addins, deleting a task will not delete the Word or Excel documents that you linked to the task with the addin (these will remain in your My Documents\Tasklist folder).