Use statuses on tasks

Tasks move through statuses which represent their progress from to do to complete.

Feature availability and limits vary by plan and user role. Learn more

Update the task status

To update the status from a task, you can:

  • Click the arrow to the right of the status name to move the task to its next status.
  • Click the current status name, and from the Search Statuses modal, choose a new status.
  • Quickly move the task to the Closed Status by clicking the Mark Complete checkbox.

Screenshot of the status menu on a task.

Edit statuses

To edit task statuses available on the task's home List:

  1. Click the status name.
  2. Click the ellipsis ... icon.
  3. Click Edit statuses.

Screenshot of the option to edit statuses from a task.

Customize time in status

From the status picker, you can see the time a task has spent in each status.

To customize or hide the time in status:

  1. Click the current status name.
  2. In the upper-right, click the ellipsis ... icon.
  3. Select Show time in status.
  4. Choose to show time in status by DaysHoursDate updated, or None.

Screenshot of the options to show time in status.