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Completing & archiving

There are two ways a task leaves your active list: you finish it, or you let it go. Rymi keeps both, and lets you undo either.

On the Mac, select a task in Today and press ⌘⏎, or click its checkbox. It moves to the Archive with a green check. Completion is a Today action: it is where finished commitments belong.

On iPhone and iPad, open the task and tap Complete in its detail view.

If the task is recurring, completing it also creates the next occurrence in your Backlog.

Sometimes a task is simply no longer needed. Select it and press A, or use the row controls, to archive it without marking it done. It moves to the Archive marked as archived rather than completed, so your record stays honest about what you actually finished. On iOS, swipe the row.

Changed your mind? From the Archive:

  • Uncomplete a completed task (⌘⏎ or its check) to send it back to Today.
  • Unarchive a task (A) to send it back to Backlog.

You can also press ⌘Z straight after the action to reverse it. See history, undo & delete.

The Archive keeps completed tasks, archived tasks, and archived projects in separate groups, so it reads as a record of what happened rather than a pile. Tasks there open read-only; to change one, unarchive it first.