Break a task into subtasks
A big assignment is easier to start when it's a handful of small steps. Break any task into subtasks — next-actions you can check off one at a time — and watch the progress bar fill up.
Subtasks live on a task's detail view. On the web and desktop apps you can open any task to reach it; on mobile that detail screen isn't reachable in the current release, so manage subtasks from the web app for now.
- 🖥 Web
- 📱 Mobile
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Click Tasks in the navigation, then click a task — it opens on its own page.
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Scroll to the Subtasks section.
Screenshot coming soonThe Subtasks section of an open task: the progress counter, the checkable subtasks, and the empty Break it into a next step field with its add button -
Type your next step in the Break it into a next step field and press Enter (or click the +).
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Check off each subtask as you finish it. The counter tracks how many are done out of the total.
Subtasks look and behave the same in the desktop app.
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Open a task's detail screen, then find the Subtasks section.
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Type a step in the Break it into a next step field and tap the +.
Screenshot coming soonThe Subtasks section on the mobile task detail screen with the progress bar and add-subtask field -
Tap a subtask's checkbox to mark it done — the progress bar updates as you go.
A task's detail screen (where subtasks live) opens from that task's reminder on mobile. For the full task board with every task's subtasks, use the web or desktop app.