# Is it possible to view (unfold) all subtasks at once?

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-view-unfold-all-subtasks-at-once/556026>\
**Category:** Asana In Practice\
**Tags:** project-views, subtasks\
**Created:** [2 October 2023 17:27 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-view-unfold-all-subtasks-at-once/556026 "2023-10-02T17:27:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![FenwayJohnny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/fenwayjohnny/32/147211_2.png) [@FenwayJohnny](https://forum.asana.com/u/FenwayJohnny)\
**Post date:** [2 October 2023 17:27 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-view-unfold-all-subtasks-at-once/556026/1 "2023-10-02T17:27:16Z")

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I unfortunately have a very important stakeholder (the company owner) who refuses to learn Asana as a way to check in on progress across projects.

Hope this will change as I build out the BI side of the tool. But for now, he just wants a printed report on his desk.

Unfortunately, the printing functionality of Asana is pretty wonky and doesn’t produce something anyone can really interpret. But, I can probably live with taking a screen shot of the project and printing that

I need the subtasks visible though.

Is there a way to expand all subtasks with one or two actions?

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**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:** [2 October 2023 17:44 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-view-unfold-all-subtasks-at-once/556026/2 "2023-10-02T17:44:46Z")

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Hi @FenwayJohnny,

Asana only offers two ways to print:

- Project actions: prints all tasks
- Task actions: prints one task

The latter will show all levels of subtasks, I think.

See also:

> [@An Invitation to the World of Chrome Extensions](https://forum.asana.com/t/an-invitation-to-the-world-of-chrome-extensions/482843/1):
>
> > **Table of contents:**
> >
> > \<a href="https://forum.asana.com/t/an-invitation-to-the-world-of-chrome-extensions/482843#using-extensions-1"\>Using extensions:\</a\> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<a href="https://forum.asana.com/t/an-invitation-to-the-world-of-chrome-extensions/482843#recommended-for-everyone-2"\>Recommended for everyone\</a\> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<a href="https://forum.asana.com/t/an-invitation-to-the-world-of-chrome-extensions/482843#asana-3"\>Asana\</a\> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<a…

for mentions of Asana Expander and Asana Load More and perhaps others which may help in opening things.

My [Asana2Go](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/asana2go/meaajmlecpkbjcofehfpjngpnpfpjlkd) provides printing options but not every subtask level.

Thanks,

Larry

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**Author:** ![anon91170507](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anon91170507](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon91170507)\
**Post date:** [2 October 2023 22:52 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-view-unfold-all-subtasks-at-once/556026/3 "2023-10-02T22:52:19Z")

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For a single project, Asana already has exactly what you’re asking for, I think: [project]//Export/Print//Print//Print to PDF

When I try this, all (1st level) subtasks are exploded; in fact, I’m not sure that I could hide them if I wanted. But it’s a nice view I think your stakeholder will enjoy.

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**Author:** ![FenwayJohnny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/fenwayjohnny/32/147211_2.png) [@FenwayJohnny](https://forum.asana.com/u/FenwayJohnny)\
**Post date:** [4 October 2023 12:59 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-view-unfold-all-subtasks-at-once/556026/4 "2023-10-04T12:59:12Z")

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Yea Ive tried that. But it prints off text in the description field and makes it all very noisy, very quick.

Its unusable for what I need it for unfortunately.

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**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:** [30 May 2025 18:54 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-view-unfold-all-subtasks-at-once/556026/5 "2025-05-30T18:54:37Z")

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Closed on 30 May 2025 18:54 UTC