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To Do is a smart list app that's integrated with Outlook so you can plan your day and organize tasks among lists. If you want to assign a task to someone else, you can share the list where the task lives, and then that person will see the task when you tag them. You can add as many tasks as you like in your task lists. 

To get started, open Outlook and select To Do  The To Do app logo..

Create a new task list 

In addition to the default and smart tasks lists, you can create and manage other lists to organize your tasks.

  1. At the bottom of the task lists, select  New list. ​​​

  2. ​​​​Enter a name for your new list.

  3. Press Enter to save your new list.

  • You can Share, Duplicate, Print, or Delete a list. From the task list column, press and hold (or right-click) a list to see the available options. Please note that if you delete a list, you will not be able to recover it.

    Press and hold (or right-click) a list to open Sharing options, Duplicate or Print the list.
  • To Rename a list, select the list to open its tasks and select the List options menu  .

    Select more options next to a list name to rename, print, or delete the list.

About default lists, smart lists, and your own task lists 

The To Do page includes default tasks lists, plus optional smart lists and any task lists that you create. Show or hide smart lists in To Do Settings.

Review the details of any task by selecting it from My Day or any of your lists. 

  • My Day is a smart list that can help you track the tasks that you want to get done today. It's empty at the start of each day by default, so that you can organize your day by adding tasks to it. You add existing tasks to My Day by right-clicking a task and choosing Add to My Day, or by dragging a task from any other tasks list to My Day. Tasks that appear in My Day are kept in their original list.

    • Suggestions are tasks that you might want to add to My Day. They include tasks that are due today or in the future, are overdue, were previously moved to My Day but not completed, or that might be relevant to start working on. To see suggested tasks, go to My Day, and then select Suggestions . Add any task to My Day by selecting + Add to My Day next a the task. Select Close  to turn off the Suggestions pane.

  • Important is a smart list that includes tasks you've marked as important. You can turn a task's importance on or off by selecting Mark task as important/Remove importance 

  • Planned is a smart list that includes tasks with reminders or due dates and have not been marked as complete. Tasks that you create with a reminder or due date will automatically appear in this list. The only way to add tasks to this list is to assign a reminder or due date to an existing task.

Tip: If you're not ready to start a task that's due in the future, you can set a reminder for the day you'll be ready to start working on it. To add a reminder, select a task, and then select Remind me  . Learn more at Manage tasks with To Do in Outlook.

  • Tasks is the list where new tasks are stored by default.

  • Flagged Email is an optional list. When on, messages that you've flagged in Mail are copied to the Flagged Email list as tasks. You can turn the Flagged Email list on or off by going to To Do, select Settings   > Connections and use the toggle to turn the Flagged Email list on or off.

    Note: The Flagged Email list is available only on accounts that are hosted by Microsoft, such as accounts that end in Outlook.com, Hotmail.com, or Live.com. Also accounts from private domains that are hosted by Microsoft.

Move tasks between lists

You can move a task to a new list, no matter where you are in Outlook. If you don't see your tasks, select the My Day My Day icon icon in the navigation bar. 

  1. Press and hold (or right-click) to access the context menu.

  2. Select Move tasks to ...

  3. Choose the list you want to move task to.

    Press and hold (or right-click) to access the context menu. Select Move tasks to ... and choose the list you want to move task to.

Share, duplicate and print a task list

Sharing lists makes it easy to assign tasks to other people. You can't share individual tasks, but you can share task lists that you create. From there, you can assign a task to a person who you shared the list with. 

  • Go to To Do  The To Do app logo.

  • Press and hold (or right-click) the task list you want to share and select Share list.

  • Select Create invitation link.

    When you select Share List, To Do creates an invitation link to send to others.
  • Select Copy link.

    You can choose to Invite via email or Copy link to share the list with others.
  • Select Invite via email to create a new Outlook message with the invitation link or Copy link to paste and share it in other ways.  

    Note: You can send the link to anyone, but only people who have a Microsoft account (such as Outlook.com, Hotmail.com, or Live.com) will be able to connect to the shared list.

After you've shared a task list, you can press and hold (or right-click) it and select Sharing options to get the invitation link again. Select Sharing options then More options to stop sharing the list, or prevent people who haven't already joined the list from joining.

Limit access to this list: If you turn on this toggle, the invitation link will no longer work and no one else will be able to join this list. If you decide to allow access in the future, a new link will be created. 

Tip: You can identify shared lists by the shared icon .

Print a list

Need a list on the go? Print it for analogue access. Press and hold the list (or right-click it) and select Print

See also

Create tasks with To Do in Outlook

Use My Day with To Do in Outlook

Manage tasks with To Do in Outlook

Drag a task to your calendar with To Do in Outlook

Drag a message to create a task with To Do in Outlook

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