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There is an existing thread in the Forum requesting this functionality so I’m merging your post with this main thread to consolidate feedback. Please don’t forget to upvote it by clicking on the Vote button next to the title 
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Hi Natalia,
It looks like many others have the same request as I do, to allow us to mark projects complete. Is there an update on the progress of this?
Hi @Justin_Diller and welcome to the Forum! I don’t have any news to share at the moment but rest ensure I’ll share information here as soon as I get any update about this topic.
Have a great week Justin!
+1 to “complete project” feature.
It is unbeliefable that this feature does not exist…
Happy 2020, Asana. Let’s make this happen.
Asana community and @Asana_Admin and @Strativepm, I am currently exploring alternatives to Asana due to the lack of response to this and other old requests. It is truly disappointing that something so highly requested seems to be being ignored. If there is any timetable or expectation for making this change, please advise.
Dave is absolutely right. As a PM it’s hard to present a Scope of Work based on the archive because there’s no way to delineate which were archived because of failure / pivot and which were completed.
In addition, if you archive a project that is incomplete, the tasks stay associated with the team members on their on threads, which makes work more cumbersome and tracking of responsbilities overtime less reliable. They either have to “mark the task as complete” which is false, or delete it which would make it hard to resurrect the project, or delete themselves from the task or the date, which makes it hard to come back to that project,
I’ve found that an archived project can be resurrected and it would be really nice to learn from historic efforts in order to not repeat the failure.
Anyway, that’s probably a bit too grand as far as aspirations go in the immediate future, but it would certainly be helpful to have that type of insight and functionality.
Thanks for all you do! Not complaining, just expanding.
I am evaluating Asana for several growing teams that do not have collaborative project management tools. I really like many features of Asana and am looking to start digging into some of the value add components. However, not being able to “complete” projects and filter out the completed and archived projects in the home page and such, will be an issue to sell this to the teams. Being able to hide these as default like in the side bar would be great.
+1 to “complete project” feature.
I don’t understand how this topic has so much support from users, but seems to have very little feedback from Asana?
Are there still NO plans to add this feature?
Hello -
This is yet another feature request (although I might suggest bug fix) that has been open for years with no forward momentum. Why would a someone develop project management software and omit the ability to mark a project “Completed” ?
Would someone from Asana please address this issue and get this on the development roadmap?
Thank you.
The need for us to have a completed project option is incredibly high. This should be an achievable task for the platform team to develop. This could easily be added to the status drop down, or give the whole project a mark as complete option. Is this something the development team are actively working towards based on all the previous feedback as above? If so, please some kind of time frame as to when this much needed fix will be available. Thank you
Adding my vote to this feature request. It is one of the most common complaints from my team (and me) regarding closing out projects. And it would be great to notify out that the project is completed and archived to the team, etc.
Please prioritize and implement this feature asap! Bought Asana a month ago and only now found out that this VERY simple thing is not doable. Very frustrating. Is this indicative that Asana product managers have never completed a project? lol
+1 for this feature to be implemented ASAP.
I agree with this! I am also new to Asana, and finding both Projects and Portfolios lacking. Portfolios to me seem nothing more than a folder for Projects, and I find confusing the fact that you can add custom fields to Project themselves, but only from the Portfolio screen. There is no traceability longer term, so a team can look back on completed projects, or a completed larger scale “initiative” say that you are tracking in Portfolios. Portfolios seemed like a big deal when released and there is a premium on the account price to get them, but upon close inspection the seem very thin, almost an after thought.
Thanks!
+1. Yet another very basic need that was overlooked.
This would be a very nice feature. I’m always looking for ways to raise the overall team spirit, and marking a project as completed would be a satisfying feeling for all involved. Plus, sending that status to stakeholders send a very clear message.
Hi, has there been any progress with this?
HI , We just started using Asana few weeks ago. this week the trail will end. Already found the project missing COMPLETE status is annoying where there is so many project going on.
+1 to have this feature added… please!