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Google Tasks

Google Tasks is a basic task list service provided by Google. Google Tasks can be accessed from GMail, Google Calendar, or a variety of third party clients.

Google Tasks support is available without a subscription. To get started tap on ☰ > ⚙ > Not signed in > Google Tasks

Google Tasks does not support all of Tasks.org's features so it important to understand the limitations.

FeatureSupportedNotes
Title✅
Start date❌
Due date⚠️Time of day not supported by Google Tasks API
Recurrence❌Not available through Google Tasks API
Priority❌
Tags❌
Subtasks⚠️Nested subtasks not supported
Reminders❌Not available through Google Tasks API
Description✅Limited to 8192 characters
Location reminders❌
Attachments❌
Timer❌
Comments❌

Please note: Tasks.org will be flagged in your Google Security Checkup because I am an unverified developer. It costs $15,000-75,000 USD to get verified, which is cost prohibitive. Tasks.org synchronizes directly with Google Tasks' servers, and I never have access to your Google Tasks data.

Recurrence, reminders, and due times​

Recurrence, reminders, and due times were added to the Google Tasks service in early 2019. Unfortunately the third-party Google Tasks API did not receive a similar update, so this data is not available to third-party clients like Tasks.

You can read more on Google's public issue tracker here and here

Additional features​

  • Re-order tasks and create subtasks using manual sort mode
  • Create, rename, and delete Google Task lists
  • Move tasks between Google Task lists

Grant the contacts permission (Android 6 + 7 only)​

Tasks requires the contacts permission on versions of Android prior to 8.0. This permission is needed to access the Google accounts registered on your device.

Grant OAuth 2.0 access​

Tasks requires permission to use the Google Task web API with your account. If you no longer use Google Task synchronization you may revoke this permission by visiting your Google security settings.