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DELETE not COMPLETE for simple, regular repeat Tasks

nodonovan says:
For some time now, I've 'Completed' regular repeating tasks like:

Put the bins (trash) out
Checking the Tips & Tricks Forum(!)
Check bank balance
Test smoke detectors
Clean washing-machine filter
Reboot internet router

None of these tasks need any other information adding. I just need reminding and the task needs doing.

The problem with Completing them comes to light if I run a search for something in Completed tasks. I just get pages and pages of these repeated tasks if they happen to have the same word in them as the word in my search.

I have just stumbled across the fact that there is another way. Now, instead of COMPLETING these tasks, I DELETE them. It takes a few more key strokes (3 to be precise), but it saves the Completed section of RTM cluttering up with junk that has no interest or value and helps with my searches no end. Don't worry about deleting the Task itself as one of the extra key strokes I have mentioned allows the repeat to continue!
Posted at 7:12pm on January 14, 2020
nodonovan says:
Of course, the downside is that the yearly message from RTM about the number of Tasks I've completed will plummet, but a small price to pay!
Posted 4 years ago
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