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title: 🟥 Todoist
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">🟥 Todoist</h1>

<p style="text-align: center;
font-style: italic"><a href="https://todoist.com" target="_blank">todoist.com</a></p>

# About

## Background
- Freemium subscription
- Started in January of 2007
- *See [How to Become a Market Leader in 10 Years](https://blog.doist.com/how-to-become-a-market-leader-in-10-years) by Todoist*

## Community and support
- X: [@todoist](https://twitter.com/todoist)
- Reddit: [r/todoist](https://www.reddit.com/r/todoist/)
- Developer documentation: [developer.todoist.com](https://developer.todoist.com)
- Open-source
- [github.com/Doist](https://github.com/Doist)
- [github.com/Doist/typist](https://github.com/Doist/typist)
- [github.com/Doist/reactist](https://github.com/Doist/reactist)
- Related
- [The Best To-Do List App](https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-to-do-list-app/) *by Wirecutter*

# Features

#### Shortcuts
- *See [Keyboard shortcuts](https://todoist.com/help/articles/keyboard-shortcuts)*
- Add a link to text: Highlight text > Paste a link.
- Surround text with characters: Highlight text > Type desired character.

#### Project management
- Shift between Board view (Kanban) and List view (Nesting hierarchies) with shortcut <kbd>shift</kbd> + <kbd>v</kbd>

#### Sharing
- Members have full access to info, e.g., Tasks, comments, files, and etc.
- *See [Sharing projects and collaborating](https://todoist.com/help/articles/sharing-projects-and-collaborating) by Todoist*

#### Calendar
- [Use the calendar layout in Todoist](https://todoist.com/help/articles/use-the-calendar-layout-in-todoist-lPHRQTu0o) *from Todoist*
- [Time-block your day with the new calendar layout in Today](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA6YkxkTaFY) *from YouTube*
- [Todoist calendar plan sidebar](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2hFm4ViGG6w) *from YouTube*
- Google Calendar integrations
- [Google Calendar (New)](https://todoist.com/integrations/apps/google-calendar-integration)
- [Remove the Google Calendar (Legacy) integration to prevent duplicates](https://todoist.com/help/articles/remove-the-google-calendar-legacy-integration-to-prevent-duplicates-QcGnb1uZ#h_01HA1TSPFKZR0RES362VTSTT9A)

#### Deadlines and dates to work on
- [Introduction to deadlines](https://todoist.com/help/articles/introduction-to-deadlines-uMqbSLM6U) *from Todoist*
- [Introduction to dates and due times](https://todoist.com/help/articles/introduction-to-dates-and-due-times-q7VobO) *from Todoist*
- [Add deadlines to tasks in Todoist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fV579o8sSA) *from YouTube*

#### To do comments
- Upload files, e.g. images
- To research: Are image files compressed?
- There's no noticeable difference in the image quality in a side-to-side comparison of an uploaded image compared to the local image version test

#### Archived project history
- Open the left [navigation menu](https://www.todoist.com/help/articles/customize-the-sidebar-in-todoist-S9JLTYqZV) > Select "My Projects" > Select the "Active projects" dropdown menu > Select "Archived projects"
- ["Todoist unarchive project"](https://search.brave.com/search?q=Todoist+unarchive+project&summary=1&conversation=9a739b54399e8e86d7935b) *from Brave search*

#### Gantt charts
- [Ganttify](https://todoist.com/integrations/apps/ganttify) integration
- [Use Ganttify with Todoist](https://todoist.com/help/articles/use-ganttify-with-todoist)

#### Security
- Multi-factor authentication MFA: [How to enable two-factor authentication](https://todoist.com/help/articles/how-to-enable-two-factor-authentication) *by Todoist*
- Sign out of all devices: *Settings > Integrations > API token > Issue a new API token*

#### Integrations
[todoist.com/integrations](https://todoist.com/integrations)

# Opportunities
- MFA with FIDO2 feature request *by [@adamshurwitz 2022-08-22](https://twitter.com/adamshurwitz/status/1561755970790989825)*
- Skiff calendar two-way integration
- Feature request: [@adamshurwitz 2022-12-06](https://twitter.com/adamshurwitz/status/1600211705786552320)
- Proton calendar two-way integration
- Feature request: [@adamshurwitz 2022-01-20](https://twitter.com/adamshurwitz/status/1483843281129820169)
- Public sharing
- Projects and tasks
- Feature request: [@adamshurwitz 2022-01-20](https://twitter.com/adamshurwitz/status/1484201317283155975)
- Recover deleted items
- [Delete a task](https://todoist.com/help/articles/delete-a-task)
- Restore from a backup: [Backups](https://todoist.com/help/articles/backups)
- Feature request: [@adamshurwitz 2022-01-20](https://twitter.com/adamshurwitz/status/1484201732175372293)

<p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic">This is not technical advice. Always read the official documentation and do your own research.</p>