Clear Completed Tasks

[macfixer 705]

I am collecting quite the collection of completed tasks 

However, the completed items just hang around, and it clutters things up. My suggestion: Do what professional task managers like OmniFocus and Things do, and clean up the completed tasks so the lists remain as uncluttered as possible.

I don't want to delete them, just hide them (ideally, it would be cool to create a Task Archive note with the different completed tasks, organized by their original note).

 

[Ali Can 2]

Totally agree, I've been searching for this but apparently people have been requesting this feature since the last 1 year but no development :S 

Product guys, please hear us :)

[Greg Pfister 3]

On 8/5/2022 at 1:04 PM, Kyle D. aka macfixer said:

I am collecting quite the collection of completed tasks 

However, the completed items just hang around, and it clutters things up. My suggestion: Do what professional task managers like OmniFocus and Things do, and clean up the completed tasks so the lists remain as uncluttered as possible.

I don't want to delete them, just hide them (ideally, it would be cool to create a Task Archive note with the different completed tasks, organized by their original note).

 

Where is this? I don't see it in any view I can get of the "things to do" note.

[15Gee 3]

I am new to Evernote and truly enjoying it's features and deliverables, however, I must agree with everyone else...Development Team, please move the find/remove feature of completed tasks from our To Do Lists closer to the top of your queue. Please. 😊Just to remove the clutter. Thanks!

[macfixer 705]

On 8/8/2022 at 2:21 PM, Greg Pfister said:

Where is this? I don't see it in any view I can get of the "things to do" note.

That's because Evernote needs to add it.

[Boot17 1,450]

On 8/5/2022 at 1:04 PM, Kyle D. aka macfixer said:

However, the completed items just hang around, and it clutters things up. My suggestion: Do what professional task managers like OmniFocus and Things do, and clean up the completed tasks so the lists remain as uncluttered as possible.

I don't want to delete them, just hide them

Isn't deselecting "Show completed' basically what this is?

[macfixer 705]

Kinda… This would essentially taking the completed tasks from the existing note, moving them to an 'archive' note, and then giving enough metadata to be able to see where the completed tasks came from.

I hope that helps! If I can be of additional assistance, let me know.

[Greg Pfister 3]

36 minutes ago, macfixer said:

Kinda… This would essentially taking the completed tasks from the existing note, moving them to an 'archive' note, and then giving enough metadata to be able to see where the completed tasks came from.

That sounds complicated. All I need is a button that deletes all completed tasks, period. I hate going through and deleting them one at a time.

[Trones 1]

 

On 1/17/2023 at 8:19 AM, Boot17 said:

Isn't deselecting "Show completed' basically what this is?

"Show Completed" only appears on certain UIs. Evernote Web does not have this option (Chrome, Linux/Ubuntu 22)

 

...nvm I was looking in the wrong place. It's only in the "Tasks" view.

[Greg Pfister 3]

   But I don’t want them invisible. I want them gone!

 I have 4 current tasks, but 51 completed. Deleting them one at a time is more than just tedious. It should be a very simple thing to do.

[Trones 1]

I agree. My current method is to group completed tasks, highlight them, and delete the text.

 

[Greg Pfister 3]

Thanks, but I'm not sure what you're saying. The layout thing on this web page smashed the screen shot on top of your second line of text.

[Greg Pfister 3]

Thanks! I'm going to try that.