---
title: "Adding, editing, or deleting a task due date"
description: "In Talkspirit, you can add, change, or remove a task due date from the task itself, from List view, or by dragging the task in Timeline and Calendar views."
category: collaboration
section: projects-and-tasks
type: Tutorial
lastUpdated: 2026-07-29
locale: en
canonical: https://support.talkspirit.com/en/collaboration/how-to-add-edit-and-delete-a-task-due-date
---

# Adding, editing, or deleting a task due date


## Adding, editing, or deleting a task due date
You can set due dates on tasks to keep projects on track and deadlines visible. Add, change, or remove a due date from the task itself, or from the List, Timeline and Calendar views. Due date changes are recorded in the task's **Activity** tab. Tasks live in the **Projects** app, and you need access to a project you can edit.

## How do I add a due date to a task?

1. Open the task.
2. In the task panel, click the **Dates** row. While no date is set the button reads **No due date**. Empty fields are collapsed by default, so if the **Dates** row is not visible, first click **Show hidden** beneath the task properties.
3. On the **Due Date** tab of the picker, select the date.

![The task panel with the Dates row highlighted and the date picker open on a task with no dates set: the Add start date and Due Date tabs at the top, the calendar below, and the recurrence icon and Clear button in the bottom row](/images/collaboration/how-to-add-edit-and-delete-a-task-due-date/01-dates-row-picker.png)

## How do I change a task's due date?

Open the task and click the date on the **Dates** row. The picker reopens on the **Due Date** tab, and you select a new date.

You can also change it without opening the task:

- **In List view**: click the due date in the task's row. The cell only appears once the task has a due date, and it is not editable on a task marked Done.
- **In Timeline or Calendar view**: drag the task. See [How do I use the Projects Timeline view?](/collaboration/how-to-use-projects-timeline-view).
- **On several tasks at once**: select the tasks and use **Set due date**.

Board view is the exception: the due date on a card is plain text there, so clicking it opens the task instead of a date picker.

![A project in List view with six tasks, three of them carrying due dates. The date picker is open over the due-date cell of the third dated task, with its current date selected in the calendar](/images/collaboration/how-to-add-edit-and-delete-a-task-due-date/02-list-view-due-date.png)

## How do I delete a task's due date?

1. Open the task.
2. Click the **Dates** row to open the date picker.
3. On the **Due Date** tab, click the small **x** beside the date.

**Important:** the **Clear** button in the same picker removes the start date as well as the due date. Use the **x** when you only want the due date gone.

![The Dates picker open on a task with both a start date and a due date. The x beside the due date is labelled "Removes the due date" and the Clear button below is labelled "Also removes the start date"](/images/collaboration/how-to-add-edit-and-delete-a-task-due-date/03-remove-due-date.png)

## How do I track due date changes?

Due date changes appear in the **Activity** tab of the **Discussion** panel, on the right of the task. In the narrow side panel the same panel sits along the bottom instead.

**Note:** changes made within the same minute are grouped into a single Activity entry, so two quick edits show up as one.

![A task open as a full page with the Activity tab selected in the rail on the right. Two entries read "updated task (due date has changed)", each with its author and time](/images/collaboration/how-to-add-edit-and-delete-a-task-due-date/04-activity-tab-due-date.png)

## What's Next?

- [How do I add, edit, archive, and delete tasks?](/collaboration/how-to-add-edit-archive-and-delete-tasks)
- [How do I set up recurrent tasks?](/collaboration/how-to-set-up-recurrent-tasks)
- [How do I use the Projects Timeline view?](/collaboration/how-to-use-projects-timeline-view)
- [Board, Hierarchy, List, and Timeline task board views](/collaboration/kanban-hierarchy-list-timeline-task-board-views)