# Managing subtasks across multiple projects

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/managing-subtasks-across-multiple-projects/1140434>\
**Category:** Asana In Practice\
**Tags:** projects, subtasks, tasks, agentic-work-management\
**Created:** [11 May 2026 08:11 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/managing-subtasks-across-multiple-projects/1140434 "2026-05-11T08:11:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Melody\_Wu](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Melody\_Wu](https://forum.asana.com/u/Melody_Wu)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2026 08:11 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/managing-subtasks-across-multiple-projects/1140434/1 "2026-05-11T08:11:37Z")

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How could I add a task to different project, without moving subtask simultaneously.

Sometimes, the subtask is just associated to the project, not other project

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**Author:** ![Bastien\_Siebman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/bastien_siebman/32/172354_2.png) [@Bastien\_Siebman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bastien_Siebman)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2026 14:59 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/managing-subtasks-across-multiple-projects/1140434/2 "2026-05-11T14:59:08Z")

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A task can be part of multiple projects (through the “add to project” menu) but can only be a subtask of one parent task.  
I am not sure what is your question…