Plan big, then execute on the details. In Todoist, you can easily break big, overwhelming tasks into small, manageable sub-tasks (and break down those sub-tasks into even smaller ones if you like).
Note
Create a new sub-task
- Click the task you want to add a sub-task to. This will open task view.
- Select Add sub-task.
- Enter the task's name and any details you want to add.
- Click Add task or press Enter to save the task.
Turn an existing task into a sub-task
- Hover over a task.
- Click and hold the gray handle that appears to the left of the task.
- Drag it from left to right to adjust its sub-task level.
Warning
Currently, it's not possible to turn an existing task into a sub-task when sorting is applied to the view.
Turn a sub-task into a parent task
- Hover over a task.
- Click and hold the gray handle that appears to the left of the task.
- Drag the sub-task on top of its current parent task.
Quick tip
You can also use task hierarchies to organize your task lists into sections with headers.
FAQ
If you set the date for the parent task and the sub-task to today, they will both show up in your Today view – meaning your sub-task will show up in your Today view twice. This is something we're evaluating for usability.
Todoist supports 4 indent levels. A sub-task being indent level 1 and a sub-sub-sub-sub-task being indent level 4.
Absolutely. You can easily see a task's completed sub-tasks using the task view.
No, unfortunately not. You will have to be in list view if you want to use drag and drop to turn a task into a sub-task.
No, this is expected behaviour. However, please note that you can use drag and drop to manually sort your sub-tasks while in task view.