# Use recurring tasks and sub-tasks

**Category:** [Tasks](https://help.totalctrl.app/hc/totalctrl/totalctrl-help-center/en-US/categories/tasks-1)
**Updated:** 2026-08-19

## Recurring tasks

Some to-dos come back on a schedule — paying a bill, a weekly review, a monthly report. When a task has a recurrence and a due date, completing it automatically creates the **next occurrence** for you. Supported frequencies are **daily**, **weekly**, and **monthly**, each with an interval (for example, every 2 weeks). The new task keeps the same title, notes, priority, and list, with its due date advanced to the next cycle. There is nothing to clean up: you just check the box and the next one appears.
## Sub-tasks

Break a larger task into smaller steps by adding **sub-tasks** from the parent task's detail panel. Sub-tasks belong to their parent and, by default, sit in the same list. They let you track progress on a multi-step item without cluttering your main list views, which only show top-level tasks.
## Completing and reopening

Check a task off to mark it **completed** — it moves out of your active views, and completed items from today still show under the Inbox so you can see what you finished. Changed your mind? **Reopen** a completed task to bring it back as open. Deleting a task removes it permanently. To organize the work these tasks belong to, see [Organize tasks into lists](organize-with-lists).

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## Related Articles

- [Tasks Overview](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/tasks-overview)
- [Tasks overview](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/tasks-overview-1)
- [Add notes, comments, and attachments](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/notes-comments-attachments)
- [Set due dates, priorities, and tags](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/due-dates-priorities-tags)
- [Managing Your Tasks](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/managing-your-tasks)

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