# Remove ability to "add task" manually, use only templates **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Ideas\ **Created:** [17 February 2022 13:25 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/remove-ability-to-add-task-manually-use-only-templates/154098 "2022-02-17T13:25:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**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:** [7 October 2022 01:04 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/remove-ability-to-add-task-manually-use-only-templates/154098/4 "2022-10-07T01:04:28Z")
@DWilliams-Castle, @anon53756117, and others on this thread, Until/if Asana offers this feature, consider my workaround here: > [@"Enforcing" Form or Task Template (instead of manual entry) for New Task Creation (Business or Enterprise plans)](https://forum.asana.com/t/enforcing-form-or-task-template-instead-of-manual-entry-for-new-task-creation-business-or-enterprise-plans/154160): > > At times, it’s helpful to encourage the use of a form or a task template to enforce structured input for new tasks, thereby discouraging manual task entry from scratch, which can lead to non-standard or incomplete task data. For example, forms are a way to specify required fields in tasks. Task templates can be used to default custom fields, add dependencies, add subtasks, and multi-home, for example. Manual task entry will not be able to enforce any of these things Business or Enterprise plan… Thanjks, Larry --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.asana.com/t/remove-ability-to-add-task-manually-use-only-templates/154098)._