One Note - Hiding completed tasks once completed on Desktop

Anonymous
2020-01-25T07:35:53+00:00

Where in One Note desktop version is the hide completed tasks from To Do lists. On my phone the completed tasks disappear but on the desktop they all remain making this a useless very long To Do list - finding open tasks is awful. Having to fully delete Tasks in To Do lists in Desktop OneNote leaves no record of ever doing the task. Often I want to check when I completed it - particularly with my work account. There should be an option in the ribbon to hide completed To Do's once completed. If it does exist I would love to know how to do it as I can't find it. 

I have started using OneNote at work and on my personal account for organising and recording daily activities and this flaw is making me have to look at alternatives for To Do lists which is a shame, as the mobile version seems to have the functionality. 

Regards

Julian Floyd

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-05-25T15:21:19+00:00

    The summary page is an option, however it's not all that great.

    I use different pages, tabs or sections to group to do items by certain functions separately. The summary throws it all into one. I just want a darn button that says "hide completed items". I don't want to have to use a different app, I keep a ton of notes into OneNote which is the entire purpose.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-05-26T11:31:43+00:00

    I think we can ask a mod to close the topic.. it would probably take minimal development effort and I see plenty of interest in other topics and forums as well for this, but MS simply doesnt seem to give a **** about it.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-05-26T12:13:44+00:00

    @microsoft - it's about time this is fixed. It's a simple fix and a global problem that many have now commented on and really diminishes the use  of desktop OneDrive. I now use Apple reminders instead - I bet others are trying to find alternatives that work. 

    I raised the initial thread in early 2020 and it's still not closed out... come on - get the job done!

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-06-20T19:25:24+00:00

    *Whoops , I didn't read far enough along in the comments. You guys know about the below, but just in case someone else might find it useful I'll leave it here.

    So I was looking for this feature too. I wanted to have the items autohide when it was checked.

    I came across this article about how to use tags in oneNote and it kind of gives me what I was looking for, and more.

    You can tag the items with a star or a question mark and then from the home tab go to find tags. This brings up the tags summery window.

    You can see your starred items, and your question-marked items, and there is actually a check box on the summary page that reads ''Show only unchecked items".

    That's your baby.

    But, now that I know how to use these tags, that's not even the best way to tweak lists.

    If you are here looking for these items to go away when checked then you'll probably dig these pages:

    https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/x-ways-super-charge-list-onenote/

    https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/why-every-onenote-user-needs-to-start-using-tags-right-now/

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