Default sorting order for Todoist tasks


When you’re looking at a view in Todoist, like Today or a filter, you may wonder how the tasks are ordered. Learn how tasks are sorted in each view.

Note

  • Overdue tasks can't be manually sorted. 🙅‍♀️
  • Apply your preferred sorting order to your tasks using Todoist's sorting options.
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Today and Upcoming 

In these views, tasks are Smart sorted by default:

Due date and time → Priority → Manual ordering → Task creation date and time

They can be rearranged if they have the same due time and priority. You can turn on Manual sorting to freely reorder your tasks.

Labels Priority → Due date and time → Project order → Task order within their project
FiltersWithout due date queriesPriority → Due date and time → Project order → Task order within their project
With due date queriesDue date and time → Priority → Manual ordering → Task creation date and time
Projects 

In projects, tasks are shown in the order in which they were added. Moreover, tasks are sorted within each section, rather than across sections.

To change the task order, apply a sorting option to the project or manually drag your tasks.

About ascending or descending order

When a sorting or grouping option is turned on in your view, tasks are sorted by your selected criteria in ascending order by default.

This excludes sorting by Priority. If tasks are sorted by Priority, the order will be descending, from P1 to P4.

Reversing the order will only affect the primary sorting criteria, all secondary criteria will be sorted by default.

Get help

If you notice something's not right with how tasks are ordered in Todoist, get in touch with us.