# Tasks deleting after being marked complete

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/tasks-deleting-after-being-marked-complete/199049>\
**Category:** Ask the Community\
**Tags:** rules\
**Created:** [6 September 2022 22:21 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/tasks-deleting-after-being-marked-complete/199049 "2022-09-06T22:21:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jennifer\_Bintrim](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Jennifer\_Bintrim](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jennifer_Bintrim)\
**Post date:** [6 September 2022 22:21 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/tasks-deleting-after-being-marked-complete/199049/1 "2022-09-06T22:21:57Z")

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Hello -

I have a rule set up that when a task is marked complete, it automatically moves to the “Completed” section. I’ve set this rule up for many clients successfully however, some clients tasks delete entirely when marked complete, instead of moving to the “Completed” section. How do I prevent this from happening? I want to keep all my tasks in the “Completed” section for future reference.

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**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 September 2022 00:30 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/tasks-deleting-after-being-marked-complete/199049/2 "2022-09-07T00:30:19Z")

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Welcome, @Jennifer_Bintrim,

Is it possible that sometimes the view is set to show Incomplete tasks (not All tasks) and in those cases completed tasks seem to disappear; they are being hidden.

You can check/adjust this in the top right of views, and save with the “. . .” menu Save layout as default.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/3X/c/d/cdfdd39af657ec16b63cf96d0789ddb96962abd6.jpeg)

Hope that helps,

Larry

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**Author:** ![Jennifer\_Bintrim](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Jennifer\_Bintrim](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jennifer_Bintrim)\
**Post date:** [8 September 2022 15:38 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/tasks-deleting-after-being-marked-complete/199049/3 "2022-09-08T15:38:23Z")

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It did! Thank you Larry!

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/system/32/276370_2.png) [@system](https://forum.asana.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [30 May 2025 18:54 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/tasks-deleting-after-being-marked-complete/199049/4 "2025-05-30T18:54:41Z")

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Closed on 30 May 2025 18:54 UTC