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How can I see tasks filtered by category?
I appreciate this is a few months old but I had the same question. The closest I have got to this is to do the following:
- Go the Outlook Desktop App
- Go the My Tasks tab
- Select To Do List
- Change the settings to group by category
(Home Ribbon --> Current View-->Simple List --> Right Click --> View Settings --> Group By --> Categories)
It's a work around - a bit clunky as I can't find this on the browser version of Outlook or To Do
I see the functionality to add a category in Microsoft To-Do online. But is there a way to view all tasks assigned to a particular category in Microsoft To-Do online? NadiyaK
- You can go to Outlook Mail online, settings, view all Outlook settings, general, categories, add categories to favorites, and then you can click on them in the left-hand pane, and all tasks, calendar events, and emails that have that category assigned will be shown.
Thank you SamMayle. This works to see the list of To Do items. However:
- Native To Do items look odd, without a "sender."
- They have an error message: "This item must be returned to its original folder before it can be viewed." In other words, it does not look like To Do items are compatible with this view.
- I don't see a way to add an item to My Day in this view.
Thank you NadiyaK. That's a good workaround to see the tasks sorted by category in Outlook. As To Do is my Task-Manager Application across platforms I would still like to see this within To Do.
Just found this: some information on how to add categories in To Do (and on how this will affect Tasks created from flagged Emails): https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-steps-importance-notes-tags-and-categories-to-your-tasks-bf9fdff6-f85f-4e03-9534-c587eb32515c#ID0EFBBAAA=Web
