# How do I bulk assign the priority of subtasks **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask the Community\ **Tags:** bulk-actions, subtasks\ **Created:** [9 May 2025 08:43 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-do-i-bulk-assign-the-priority-of-subtasks/1059543 "2025-05-09T08:43:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![timregan-ts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/timregan-ts/32/280171_2.png) [@timregan-ts](https://forum.asana.com/u/timregan-ts)\ **Post date:** [9 May 2025 08:43 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-do-i-bulk-assign-the-priority-of-subtasks/1059543/1 "2025-05-09T08:43:00Z")
When I select the subtasks in a task I expect the toolbar to appear so that I can edit the multiple tasks together, as described in Samantha Kasbrick’s video [How to edit multiple tasks at once in Asana](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGicO0YVTNA). But no toolbar appears when I select the sub-tasks. I’ll attach the screenshot of what I see, no toolbar. How do I bulk edit subtasks from the _My tasks_ area? ![Screenshot 2025-05-09 at 09.31.57](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/4X/6/b/8/6b80e3c14de98fa2b23d5c8a3bac54c541609ab7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![timregan-ts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/timregan-ts/32/280171_2.png) [@timregan-ts](https://forum.asana.com/u/timregan-ts)\ **Post date:** [9 May 2025 08:51 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-do-i-bulk-assign-the-priority-of-subtasks/1059543/2 "2025-05-09T08:51:45Z")
In addition to the video I mention in the original post, the help centre also suggest a toolbar should appear when selecting multiple tasks. What am I doing wrong? [Asana Help Center](https://help.asana.com/s/article/how-to-bulk-select-and-edit-tasks) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\ **Post date:** [9 May 2025 13:48 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-do-i-bulk-assign-the-priority-of-subtasks/1059543/3 "2025-05-09T13:48:21Z")
Welcome, @timregan-ts, I’m seeing this too: it’s no longer possible, like it’s been in the past, to multi-select subtasks in the detail pane and have the multi-select task bar to appear (as it does when selecting top-level tasks). Please [try these troubleshooting steps](https://help.asana.com/s/article/troubleshooting-browser-and-connectivity-issues) so you can rule that out when Support asks, then please create a support ticket: see [How to contact our Support Team](https://go.asana.com/supportteam). [@Forum-team](https://forum.asana.com/groups/forum-team), since this has been reported but several of us, and is a not-insignificant loss of functionality, could you please escalate? Thanks, Larry ---
**Author:** ![timregan-ts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/timregan-ts/32/280171_2.png) [@timregan-ts](https://forum.asana.com/u/timregan-ts)\ **Post date:** [9 May 2025 14:55 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-do-i-bulk-assign-the-priority-of-subtasks/1059543/4 "2025-05-09T14:55:32Z")
Thanks @Larry_Berger_lpb I found that if I converted the parent task to be a project (and added all the subtasks to that new project) then the multi-select taskbar appeared. It does not appear for subtasks which lie outside of any project. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\ **Post date:** [9 May 2025 16:00 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-do-i-bulk-assign-the-priority-of-subtasks/1059543/5 "2025-05-09T16:00:12Z")
I may be missing something, but that’s just the same thing; top-level tasks can be multi-selected (regardless of how they became so) but not subtasks. ---
**Author:** ![Devon\_Blosser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/devon_blosser/32/280087_2.png) [@Devon\_Blosser](https://forum.asana.com/u/Devon_Blosser)\ **Post date:** [10 May 2025 00:10 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-do-i-bulk-assign-the-priority-of-subtasks/1059543/6 "2025-05-10T00:10:08Z")
Hey there, I just confirmed on my end you are still able to Multi-Select multiple subtasks at once by selecting them and using either CTRL+CLICK or CMND+CLICK to select the ones you’ve clicked or via standard file selection rules like SHIFT+CLICK being able to select all tasks in between the selected tasks. Do note you need to click on the little 6 dot arrangement on the far left side of the subtask in order to select it and not open the subtask detail panel. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\ **Post date:** [10 May 2025 03:38 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-do-i-bulk-assign-the-priority-of-subtasks/1059543/7 "2025-05-10T03:38:32Z")
> [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](#): > > multi-select subtasks in the detail pane and have the multi-select task bar to appear (as it does when selecting top-level tasks) I’m now thinking I may have misremembered this. Maybe it was never the case that the multi-select toolbar appeared, and just that you could multi-select and operate directly on the fields shown and nothing more, as it is currently. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Sather](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/richard_sather/32/276096_2.png) [@Richard\_Sather](https://forum.asana.com/u/Richard_Sather)\ **Post date:** [11 May 2025 06:56 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-do-i-bulk-assign-the-priority-of-subtasks/1059543/8 "2025-05-11T06:56:18Z")
Hi @timregan-ts , I believe the multi-select action bar appears when you expand a task to select the subtasks in the List view (not the task details pane). You can also click into any field to bulk update them. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/system/32/276370_2.png) [@system](https://forum.asana.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [18 May 2025 06:56 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-do-i-bulk-assign-the-priority-of-subtasks/1059543/9 "2025-05-18T06:56:48Z")
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