Selecting multiple tasks at same time is a handy way to quickly reschedule, set priority levels, move, or batch edit tasks so you can get back to focusing on the more important things. Here's how to do it:
- In any task view, press Ctrl (Windows) or Cmd (macOS) and click on tasks to select/deselect them. To select a range of tasks, hold the Shift key. Selected tasks will be highlighted in yellow.
- From the bar that appears at the top, select the action you want to perform on all the selected tasks:
- Click Schedule to schedule all selected tasks.
- Click Move to project to move all selected tasks to another project.
- Click Priority to set or change the priority of all selected tasks.
- Click Assign to someone (under More on shared projects) to assign the selected tasks to a team member.
- Click Archive (under More) to archive all selected tasks.
- Click Duplicate (under More) to duplicate all selected tasks.
- Click Delete (under More) to delete all selected tasks.
- Click Add label (under More) to add a label to all selected tasks.
- Click Remove label (under More) to remove a label from all selected tasks.
- In any task view, tap on tasks to select/deselect them. Selected tasks will be highlighted in grey.
- From the bar that appears at the bottom, select the action you want to perform on all the selected tasks:
- Tap the checkmark icon at the bottom left to complete all selected tasks.
- Tap the calendar icon at the bottom right to schedule all selected tasks.
- Tap the folder icon to move all selected tasks to another project.
- Tap the person icon to assign all selected tasks.
- Tap the flag icon to set or change priority of all selected tasks.
- Tap the three dots icon in the top right > Delete to delete all selected tasks.
- In any task view, tap the three dots icon in the top right.
- Select Edit multiple items.
- Tap on tasks to select/deselect them. Selected tasks will be highlighted in grey.
- From the bar that appears at the bottom, select the action you want to perform on all the selected tasks:
- Tap the checkmark icon to complete all selected tasks.
- Tap the calendar icon to schedule all selected tasks.
- Tap the flag icon to set or change priority of all selected tasks.
- Tap the person icon to assign all selected tasks.
- Tap the three dots icon > Move to to move all selected tasks to another project.
- Tap the three dots icon > Delete to delete all selected tasks.
- Open the Todoist app.
- Press the Ctrl+m to activate the selection mode.
- Select all tasks you want to change using the check boxes.
- In the top right, click on the action you want to apply to all selected tasks:
- To schedule the tasks, click the calendar icon.
- To set or change the priority level of the tasks, click the priority flag.
- On shared projects, click the person icon to assign the selected tasks to a team member.
- To complete the tasks, click on the more actions icon (the 3 horizontal dots) and select Complete.
- To move the tasks to another project, click the more actions icon (the 3 horizontal dots) and select Move.
- To delete the tasks, click the more actions icon (the 3 horizontal dots) and select Delete.
