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# Recurring tasks

## When should I use this?

Recurring tasks should be used when you want a task to repeat at a regular interval.

Common use cases: 

1. Morning/Evening routines
2. Recurring weekly meetings you need to prepare for
3. House chores
4. Bill payments

## How to use it

You can make any task a recurring by clicking the "recurring" icon on the task card (or by clicking "Does not repeat" in the task modal)

<figure><img src="/files/5OMNjyGOg8n8KxA7b5CP" alt=""><figcaption><p>Recurring task settings</p></figcaption></figure>

You can customize the repeat interval of the task and there is even a "Custom..." option if the pre-set options don't fit your workflow.

<figure><img src="/files/iowoqU7717x8aDHTpGq7" alt=""><figcaption><p>Cadence settings</p></figcaption></figure>

### Auto-timeboxing recurring tasks

If you want to repeat the task at a specific time each day (which is great to auto-timebox the task), you can enable the "At a specific time?" option

<figure><img src="/files/xSDdwa4TqAELyto2woTR" alt=""><figcaption><p>Auto-timebox recurring tasks</p></figcaption></figure>

### How to update a recurring task

There are 2 things to note when updating a recurring task. When you update a recurring task, it will only update that specific instance.&#x20;

To update other tasks, you can click the "Update all incomplete tasks to match this task" in the recurring task dropdown menu

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This will make all non-completed tasks match that task.

Let's say you have a recurring task that has 5 subtasks and you decide to add a 6th. You can simply click "Update all incomplete tasks to match this taks" and now all tasks that haven't been completed will be updated to include that 6th subtask.

{% hint style="info" %}
On iOS, whenever you update a recurring task, you will be asked if you want to update only that instance of the task or all incomplete tasks
{% endhint %}

### How to delete a recurring task

When you delete a recurring task, only that task will be deleted.

To delete all instances of a task, you can have 2 options:

1. If you want to delete all FUTURE instances, you can click "Stop repeating"
2. If you want to delete ALL instances (including this one), click "Delete all instances"

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