Over time the ‘My Tasks’ area becomes very cluttered and filled will unnecessary completed tasks, even from archived projects. This causes unnecessary load when you’ve been using it for years. The way JIRA and many other project platforms work is once you complete or reasasign a task from your ‘M…

@Mintberry , Please consider voting for this request or the workaround ideas there: [image] Rule action to delete a task Product Feedback Hi - The project rules are terrific - really save a lot of time. I have created a Project “task list,” for one off task…

I know that we can do incompelte tasks as a filter but no that’s not what I mean. When you have been using Asana for many years, this all clogs up. It shouldn’t be a filter required if it is in My Tasks. They should automatically remove so that it’s not sitting there for years and years. All the…

Remove Tasks from My Tasks area upon Completion

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lpb May 6, 2026, 7:39am 2

Welcome, @Mintberry,

Asana’s solution for this is to set the Filter to Incomplete tasks in My Tasks. It’s even more straightforward than in projects, because My Tasks remembers your settings (Filter, Sort, Group) without you’re having to “Save view” as in projects.

This, among many other suggestions, is described here:

Thanks,

Larry

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