Formatting helps important details stand out in your tasks. You can make text bold or italic, add strikethrough or code, and turn text into a link. Task descriptions and comments have more options, such as quotes. Select the text you want to format, then choose an option from the menu that appears.
Format text
- Highlight the text you want to format in a task name, description, or comment.
- Select a formatting option from the editor menu.
- Add or edit a task, or write a comment.
- Select the text you want to format.
- Tap Format in the menu that appears.
- Tap Bold, Italic, Strikethrough, Quote, Code, or Link.
In task names, you can use all of these options except Quote.
Formatting options for task names
Task names have fewer formatting options than descriptions and comments because there's less space. On web and desktop, you can:
- Bold or italicize text
- Format text as code
- Select text and turn it into a link
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Strikethroughtext by enclosing it with two tildes~~
Formatting options for task descriptions and comments
On web and desktop, you can:
- Bold or italicize text
- Add H1 and H2 headings
- Turn text into quotes or code blocks
- Add bulleted and numbered lists
- Select text and turn it into a link
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Strikethroughtext by enclosing it with two tildes~~
Use Markdown shortcuts
On web and desktop, the editor formats your text as you type. You can't turn the editor off, but you can use Markdown shortcuts. For example, to add a link with Markdown:
- Type the link text in square brackets, followed by an opening parenthesis. For example:
[Todoist](. - Paste the link.
- Type
)to turn the text into a link.
Remove formatting
On web and desktop, you can remove formatting in these ways:
- To keep a URL in a task name from turning into a link, put backticks around it. For example:
`google.com`. - To remove a link from a piece of text, highlight the hyperlinked text, click Link, and click the trash can icon.
Get help
If you're having trouble formatting text in task names, descriptions, or comments, get in touch with us.