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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
A family of Microsoft products that enable users to capture, organize, and reuse notes electronically.
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Folks, have you tried using the 'Tags Summary' window and checking the 'Show only unchecked items' option?
*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/
Following up from 6 months ago. Can someone from Microsoft acknowledge this issue?
Issue:
We want to be able to hide completed tasks in a Task List on the Desktop OneNote App. Just like we can filter Outlook to see unread emails, we want the ability to view uncompleted tasks in OneNote and for the same rationale: to view only what needs to be done, not what is done.
Can Microsoft please reply with one of the following:
Please and thanks,
Bob,
The responses keep appearing from other users with the same issue. Have Microsoft got this on the list for a fix anytime soon?
Julian Floyd
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!!!!!! Why can't this be as easy as a button. GEEEZ!!!
Users: We should start a go-fund me or a sign a petition letter thing and spread the word and make MS be ashamed of themselves. And make it go national , global, or at least on the internet. Lol. It's not that hard to program. Just check the value of the box and then hide. And if you create a summary list, PLEASE, make it keep the nested formatting it has on the original list. That way we know what goes where. Don't sort it and mess it up!!!!
*If a 90yr old man can make AT&T get attention using an ad on a magazine, and got them to fix his problem, imagine if this fix it went viral. It's not that hard to fix this/add this feature. GEEEZ. Lol.