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Add a project, label, or filter to favorites in Todoist

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Separate your high-impact tasks from the everyday noise by adding important projects, labels, and filters to your favorites.

When you add a project, filter, or label as a favorite, they're added to a new Favorites section in the sidebar and synced across all your devices.

Add a project to Favorites

  1. In the sidebar, click the three dots icon beside the project name to view more project actions.
  2. Select Add to favorites from the menu.

The project will appear in the Favorites section of the sidebar.

  1. Tap on Browse in the bottom-right.
  2. Swipe right on the project to add as a favorite.
  3. Tap the heart icon.

The project will appear in the Favorites section of the navigation.


Add a project to your favorites by using context menus.
  1. Tap on Browse in the bottom-right.
  2. Tap My projects to add a personal project as a favorite or tap on the Name of the workspace to add a workspace project as a favorite.
  3. Tap the pencil icon at the top-right of the screen.
  4. Tap the heart icon beside the project to add it as a favorite.

The project will appear in the Favorites section of the navigation.

Add a filter or label to Favorites

  1. Click Filters & Labels in the sidebar.
  2. Click the heart icon beside the filter or label you want to add to your favorites.

Your filter or label will show up in the Favorites section of the sidebar.

  1. Tap on Browse in the bottom-right.
  2. Swipe right on the name of the filter or label you want to add to your favorites.
  3. Tap the heart icon.

Your filter or label will show up in the Favorites section of the project overview.


Add a label or filter to your favorites by using context menus.
  1. Tap on Browse in the bottom-right.
  2. Tap Filters & Labels.
  3. Tap Manage filters or Manage labels.
  4. Tap the heart icon beside the filter or label you want to add as a favorite.

The filter or label will show up in the Favorites section of the project overview.

Remove a project from Favorites

To remove a project from the Favorites section, right-click the project and select Remove from favorites.

  1. Tap on Browse in the bottom-right.
  2. Swipe right on the project to remove as a favorite.
  3. Tap the heart strikethrough icon.
You can also remove a project as a favorite using the context menu.
  1. Tap on Browse in the bottom-right.
  2. Tap My projects to remove a personal project as a favorite or tap on the Name of the workspace to remove a workspace project as a favorite.
  3. Tap on the pencil icon in the top-right.
  4. Tap the heart strikethrough icon beside the project to remove as a favorite.

Remove a filter or label from Favorites

To remove a filter or label from the Favorites section, right-click the filter or label and select Remove from favorites.

  1. Swipe right on the name of the filter or label to remove as a favorite.
  2. Tap the heart strikethrough icon.
You can also remove a filter or label as a favorite using the context menu.
  1. Tap on Browse in the bottom-right.
  2. Tap Filters & Labels.
  3. Tap Manage filters or Manage labels.
  4. Tap the heart strikethrough icon beside the filter or label to remove as a favorite.

Reorder favorites

Favorites are listed in the same order as they appear in your projects, labels and filters lists.

To change the order in the Favorites section, drag the project, filter, or label to the preferred location of their respective lists. The new order will reflect in the Favorites section.

However, you can't change the order that the favorites categories will be listed: projects, labels and then filters.

Get help

If you're having trouble adding or removing a project, filter, or label as a favorite, get in touch with us.