Make a task repeat
Set a task to repeat daily, weekly, monthly or yearly, and understand what happens each time you complete it.
Last reviewed October 11, 2026
Some work comes back on a schedule: a weekly playtest night, a monthly newsletter, the yearly convention application. Set the task to repeat once and Boardssey creates the next one each time you finish it.
What this page helps you do
- Turn a task into a repeating task.
- Choose how often it repeats and on which days.
- Know what happens when you complete it.
You'll start from a task on a project board (Projects in the sidebar, open a project, click a task card).
Set a task to repeat
- Open the task sheet (or the Create a new task sheet for a new task).
- Under Repeat, pick Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Yearly. Never is the default.
- Set the interval next to Every: a number from 1 to 365, in days, weeks, months or years.
- For Weekly, tick the weekdays. For Monthly, pick On day X or On the first/second/third/fourth/last <weekday>.
- Check the preview line "Next occurrence: <date>", then click Save (or Create task).
Helpful details
- Key areas: the Repeat field with its frequency picker, the Every interval, the weekday buttons or the monthly choice, and the preview.
- What you can do: "Every 2 weeks on Tue" or "Every month on the last Friday" are both possible. Click Clear to stop a task from repeating.
- Good to know: the weekdays and the day of the month are read from the task's due date. Give the task a due date first so the preview matches what you expect. Without one, the next occurrence is counted from today.
What happens when you complete it
Complete a repeating task like any other: tick its checkbox, pick Mark Complete from the right-click menu, or drag it to Done. The toast says "Task completed. The next occurrence was added to the board."
Helpful details
- Key areas: the completed task, which stays in Done, and the new task, which appears in the column the old one was in.
- What you can do: the new task has the next due date, the same tags, assignees, priority, linked projects and repeat settings, plus a fresh, unticked copy of the subtasks. Subtask due dates shift by the same number of days as the task's.
- Good to know: the completed task keeps its comments and ticked subtasks as a record. Reopening a completed task and completing it again creates another occurrence, so avoid toggling it back and forth.
Spot repeating tasks
A repeating task shows a small repeat icon after its due date on the board card and in the List view.
Helpful details
- Key areas: the repeat icon on cards and rows, and the Repeat field in the sheet, which reads back the schedule.
- What you can do: open the sheet to see the exact rule and the next occurrence.
- Good to know: the next occurrence's date is worked out in the time zone of the person who completed the task, so "every Monday" stays a Monday for them.
Tips & common questions
Can I see all future occurrences at once? No. Only the current task exists; the next one is created when you complete it. The Calendar and the Timeline show the current occurrence only.
I completed a repeating task by mistake. Delete the new occurrence it created, then drag the original out of Done to reopen it. Completing it again later will create a fresh occurrence.
Can a subtask repeat on its own? No. Repeating is set on the task. Its subtasks are copied, unticked, onto each new occurrence.
How do I stop a task from repeating? Open the task sheet, click Clear under Repeat, and Save. Completing it then simply moves it to Done.