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Create a sub-project in Todoist

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Keep your ever-growing personal project lists neat and organized with sub-projects. For example, you might create “parent” projects called “Home” and “Health” and then organize various sub-projects underneath each one.

Customer Experience Specialist Since sub-projects are only available for personal projects, use folders to organize your team projects instead!

Turn a project into a sub-project

Todoist currently supports sub-projects on three indent levels for personal projects. To turn a project into a sub-project:

  1. Hover over a project.
  2. Drag the project to the left or right to change its indent level.
  1. Long press on any project.
  2. Drag and drop it to the right or left to change its indent level.
  1. At the bottom of your project list, tap Manage Projects.
  2. At the top-right, tap the pencil icon.
  3. Drag and drop any project to the right or left to change its indent level.
If you've hit the three-indent limit, sections are a great alternative to break down these large projects.

Get in touch

If you're having trouble creating or using sub-projects, get in touch with us. We— David, Carol, Pierre, or any of our teammates—look forward to lending a hand!