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Repeat task until an end date

Repeating tasks are great, and I like that I can specify when they start, but I really need to be able to say when they'll end. If I have something I need to do everyday for two weeks, I want it to end on that certain day two weeks from now. It is really annoying on my Google calendar, where it shows me doing this same task from now until the end of time...

11 comments, asked by on Nov 30, 2011 - 05:06



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on Dec 25, 2011 - 10:52

this is also a proposal with the same request. could they be incorporated under the same title?
http://todoist.com/Vote/showProposal/203/

on Jan 11, 2012 - 03:10

For now, I have the end day in parens after the task e.g., (1/11)

on Jul 16, 2012 - 21:33

This is a no briner. Needed! Please do it todoist..

on Aug 27, 2012 - 05:17

Really would like this feature to be added.

on Jan 07, 2013 - 08:10

This should be imperative. Todoist already has such good repeat functionality; add this feature and we should be golden.

on Jan 18, 2013 - 22:38

+1, please! I would love to leave Google Calendar behind, but cannot afford to be manually 'ending' repeating tasks.

on Feb 19, 2013 - 00:04

I would almost prefer that there not be recurring tasks, with this functionality not being available. I echo the annoyances of others expressed here.

Further, I worry that I will have to delete recurring tasks to get them to 'stop' when they're no longer relevant, and will lose the task history that goes with (even though that could be valuable at some point).

on Feb 19, 2013 - 06:41

Hello Josh,

You will not loose any information about a finished recurring tasks. If you click on the "# Completed" link in the top-right corner, you'll see a full history or completed tasks incl. every completion event of a recurring tasks. This list is never deleted regardless of what happens to the completed tasks.

If you prefer to view completed tasks by clicking on the "Get completed tasks" link at the bottom of any project, you can put the recurring task there instead of deleting it. There are two ways of doing so:

1. When you complete the recurring task for the last time, instead of checking it off, right-click on it and choose "Move to history" - this will count as 1 completion, but move your task to the completed list.

2. Hold SHIFT when you check it off for the last time - this also forces a task to be moved to history.


Best regards,
David

on Feb 23, 2013 - 01:36

Even if there is a round trick for this, the recurrence end date is very crucial beside to task time field. This request that we're voting for is very old and no action yet has been considered from your side. I'm afraid that you're not working on it. I'm recently moved to Todoist. I liked here the simplicity in UI but I'm missing some features which this is one of them

on Feb 27, 2013 - 10:38

Thanks, David -- that information is very helpful.

Also, I echo Mohamad's comments.

on May 08, 2013 - 11:56

Like David and Mohamad I am frustrated that there no end date option when scheduling recurring tasks. Please work on this.