Archive and restore tasks and boards

Archiving keeps a board tidy without deleting anything. An archived task leaves the board, but its content, comments, and history stay. You can restore it at any time. Deleting is final.

Archive a task

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1. Open the task and choose the ⋮ task actions (box 1), or press Shift+A.
2. Choose Archive task (box 2) and confirm.

On the board, right-click a card for the same Archive task item. To archive every task of a list at once, use Archive all tasks in the list menu.

Find and restore archived tasks

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1. Open the board actions with the ⋮ button in the board header or Shift+A.
2. Choose Archived tasks (box 1). A panel lists the archived tasks, newest first. Type at least three characters to search them.
3. Select a task to open it. It shows an “archived” note and cannot be changed.
4. In the task actions, choose Restore task. The task goes back to its list.

The search finds archived tasks too when you turn on Include archived.

Archive a whole board

Board managers see Archive board (box 2) in the board actions.

• The board moves to the Archived tab of the board overview. You can still open and read it.
• Its public page, forms, and email addresses pause while it is archived.
• To bring it back, open the board from the Archived tab and choose Restore board in the board actions. Everything works again as before, without new setup.

Tips

• Wiki pages and Spaces have their own Archive and Restore in their actions menus.
• Delete task and Delete board cannot be undone. Archive when you are not sure.

Related

• Set a WIP limit, a list color, and more
• Export a board