# Limit Sub-Task Depth

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/limit-sub-task-depth/8510>\
**Category:** Product Ideas\
**Tags:** subtasks\
**Created:** [20 September 2017 15:14 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/limit-sub-task-depth/8510 "2017-09-20T15:14:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Aaron\_Howerton](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Aaron\_Howerton](https://forum.asana.com/u/Aaron_Howerton)\
**Post date:** [20 September 2017 15:14 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/limit-sub-task-depth/8510/1 "2017-09-20T15:14:58Z")

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One of the things I love about Asana is that I can create endless sub-tasks to facilitate complex projects.

One of the things I don’t love about Asana is that my clients and teams can create endless sub-tasks on simple projects that don’t need them.

I’d love to be able to set a limit, at either the workspace or project level, on how deep sub-task creation can go. I rarely see a need for more than 3 levels (top, sub-1, sub-2) in my arena. That doesn’t stop people from clicking too far in and going to deep.

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**Author:** ![Joanne\_Roig](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Joanne\_Roig](https://forum.asana.com/u/Joanne_Roig)\
**Post date:** [8 June 2021 15:16 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/limit-sub-task-depth/8510/2 "2021-06-08T15:16:03Z")

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Hi Aaron - I’m afraid I don’t have an answer to your question, but I actually need to know for my projects if Asana can create layered sub-tasks to sub-tasks.

E.g. Section  
Task 1  
Sub-task 1  
Sub-task 2  
Sub-task 3  
Sub-task 3.1  
Sub-task 3.2  
Sub-task 4  
Task 2  
Task 3

I can’t even figure out how to ask my question in the community forum, but based on your question, I thought you might know. (And if I learn the answer to your question in the process, I’d be happy to let you know!) TY!

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**Author:** ![Joanne\_Roig](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Joanne\_Roig](https://forum.asana.com/u/Joanne_Roig)\
**Post date:** [8 June 2021 15:16 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/limit-sub-task-depth/8510/3 "2021-06-08T15:16:42Z")

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Sorry - think I was supposed to @Aaron_Howerton on my previous comment.

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**Author:** ![Aaron\_Howerton](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Aaron\_Howerton](https://forum.asana.com/u/Aaron_Howerton)\
**Post date:** [8 June 2021 16:14 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/limit-sub-task-depth/8510/4 "2021-06-08T16:14:49Z")

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Hi Joanne! It’s been a few years since I posted this but I believe Asana still has the same basic functionality for what you need.

Creating a Sub-Task is quite easy - there’s an option on the Task Pane that clearly indicates where to click. Once the Sub-Task is created, on the far right side of the same line, there’s a ‘Comment’ icon with an arrow that can be clicked to expand that sub-task’s details. On that page, you’ll see the sub-task option again. In this way, you can make endless sub-tasks!

I’ve added an image but I’m not sure it will upload, so please feel free to send me a direct message and I’ll try and get it to you there as well.

 ![image.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/3X/b/7/b75084c75c1abbdea166c8f0ddd7a1a0de4637f0.png)

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**Author:** ![anon76671212](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anon76671212](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon76671212)\
**Post date:** [8 June 2021 16:16 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/limit-sub-task-depth/8510/5 "2021-06-08T16:16:03Z")

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@Joanne_Roig seems the image did go through via email, hope this helps!