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JDavid1615
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Nov 11, 2021

Microsoft ToDo Retention policy

When I add tasks to my ToDo lists through Outlook or the ToDo app, the tasks stay for about 2 weeks and then after that, they are moved into an online archive folder, but do not show up in the ToDo app.  Is there a way to either:

  1. Change the retention policy to only move completed todo items to the archive.
    or 
  2. Show all tasks from the online archive in the ToDo app.

Currently, I have to manually move the uncompleted ToDo items from the online archive back to the original location.  This is extremely inconvenient.

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    TheStig911
    Copper Contributor
    May 23, 2023

    I don't know why nobody has answered yet to this message, but this is a real struggle.

    Almost every company ha an archiving/retention policy in place and therefore all regular recurring tasks

    or storing ideas/reminders as a task in an "Idea List" becomes useless... They just disappear from one day to the other without any hint.

    Does anyone know if someone is working on that? JDavid1615 already provided good solution proposals. 

     

    I am not sure how serious the MS ToDo Team is reviewing the Feature Request Tool, but there is already an open issue for this -> https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/e19907a8-679a-ec11-a81c-000d3a0f04fc

    Please support if you have the same struggle 🙂

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