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Create a restricted project in Todoist

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Every once in a while you may want to keep things a bit private. Maybe you have a monthly 1-on-1 with your manager or you want a place to work on sensitive information with your team.

Either way you can get yourself a bit of privacy by creating a restricted project in your team!

Create a restricted project

You can only create restricted projects in a team and not in your personal projects (these are private by default and can only be viewed by users you have manually shared them with).
  1. Find the team where you want to create the restricted project.
  2. Click the plus icon beside the team name.
  3. Select Add project.
  4. Type a project name.
  5. Select your preferred project color and layout.
  6. In the Access menu, select Restricted.
  7. Click Add to create the restricted project.
  1. In the navigation, find the team where you want to create the restricted project.
  2. Tap the plus icon next to the team name.
  3. Type a project name.
  4. Select your preferred project color and layout.
  5. Tap Access.
  6. Select Restricted to create a restricted project.
  7. Tap Done at the top-right to confirm.
  1. In the navigation, find the team where you want to create the restricted project.
  2. Tap the plus sign next to the team name.
  3. Type a project name.
  4. Select your preferred project color and layout.
  5. Tap Access.
  6. Select Restricted to create a restricted project.
  7. Tap the checkmark icon at the top-right to confirm.

Add a person to a restricted project

After creating a restricted project, follow these steps to add a person to the project:

  1. Open the restricted project.
  2. Click Share at the top of your project.
  3. Type the name or email address of the person you want to share with.
  4. Choose the person's role.
  5. Click Invite to send the invitation(s).
  1. Open the restricted project you want to share.
  2. Tap the three dots icon at the top-right of the project.
  3. Tap Share. A list of people in the project will appear. If the project isn't shared, you'll see two options:
    • Share Link lets you copy an invitation link for someone to join the project.
    • + Invite via name or email lets you invite someone to your project by adding their name or email address.

When you tap + Invite via name or email, there are two options:

  • Enter the person's name or email address in the To: field. Then, tap their email address to confirm. 
  • Tap the red plus icon to invite a person from your Contacts list.
  1. Open the restricted project you want to share.
  2. Tap the share icon. A list of people will appear.

    If the project isn't shared, you'll see two options:

    • Type an email address to send an invitation.
    • Tap Share invite link to copy an invitation link for someone to join the project.
Check out the articles below to learn more about teams: