What you'll need
- Task types are available on all ClickUp plans.
- Free Forever: 20 uses (tasks that are set to a different type)
- Unlimited and above: unlimited uses
- Only admins and owners can create and edit task types.
- Guests cannot create or edit task types.
Create a task type
To create a task type, you need to be an admin or owner.
To create a task type:
- Go to your Workspace settings.
- In ClickUp 3.0, this is located in the upper-left corner.
- Click Settings.
- In the left sidebar, click Task Types.
- On the Task Types page, in the upper-right corner, click + Create Task Type.
- In the creation modal, set the following fields:
- Icon: This icon will be used in place of the status icon.
- Singular & plural name: These names will be used at various points in the UI.
- Description: Add a short description to give context to what the task type will be used for.
- Click Create Task Type to save your new task type.
Limits
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- You can create a maximum of 50 task types.
- Maximum task type name characters: 16
- Maximum task type description characters: 100
Assign a task type
Using task view:
- Open a task.
- In the upper-left corner of the task window, find the current task type.
- Click the name of the task type to open the Task Type menu.
- Select a new task type.
Using the task context menu:
- Right-click on a task to open the task context menu.
- Click Task Types.
- Select a new task type.
Via the task quick-create modal:
- Launch the quick create task modal.
- At the top of the modal, find the existing task type.
- Click on the task type to bring up the change type menu.
- Select a new task type.
Edit a task type
- Go to your Workspace settings.
- In ClickUp 3.0, this is located in the upper-left corner.
- Find the task type you want to delete, and click the ellipsis ... to the right of the task name.
- Click Edit.
- Make any changes.
- Click Save.
- Your changes will apply to any existing tasks and future tasks.
Delete a task type
- Go to your Workspace settings.
- In ClickUp 3.0, this is located in the upper-left corner.
- Click Settings.
- In the left sidebar, click Task Types.
- Find the task type you want to delete, and click the ellipsis ... to the right of the task name.
- Click Delete.
- In the modal, re-enter the name of the task type to confirm you want to delete it.
- Use the dropdown to select another task type to reassign any existing tasks to.
- Click Yes, Delete to confirm.
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If a large number of tasks need to be reassigned, it may take a few minutes to complete your changes.
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Bulk update task types
Set default task types for Lists
When you set a default custom task type for a List, no existing tasks in the List will be updated. You can update any existing tasks using the Bulk Action Toolbar.
Setting a default task type doesn't limit the ability to add additional custom task types to the List.
To set a default task type:
- Go to a List view.
- Click the ellipsis ... menu to the right of the List name.
- Click Default task type.
- Select the task type you want to set as default.
- Any new tasks created in this List will default to this task type.

Filter by task type
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