# Never complete a task without doing it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum Leader tips\ **Tags:** forum-leader-tip\ **Created:** [25 May 2022 07:42 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/never-complete-a-task-without-doing-it/166140 "2022-05-25T07:42:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**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:** [5 August 2022 17:53 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/never-complete-a-task-without-doing-it/166140/14 "2022-08-05T17:53:00Z")
@Jan_Go and @Bastien_Siebman, I already mentioned my #Forum Leaders tips post on this topic that may be of interest: > [@Completed Tasks that Aren't Exactly Completed](https://forum.asana.com/t/completed-tasks-that-arent-exactly-completed/154151): > > When you “Mark Complete” heavy_check_mark a task it usually signifies that you carried it out. What if you didn’t actually carry it out, but you still want to get it out of your hair–no longer have it appear as Incomplete (active)? A simple approach that works even with Asana’s free version is to go ahead and mark it complete but also add a tag, perhaps one of #NotDone, #NotNeeded, #Canceled. Since you might want to later locate these, Tag View (click the tag) would allow you to see a list of… Larry --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.asana.com/t/never-complete-a-task-without-doing-it/166140)._