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Deleting a Recurrence

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Wrike Documentation Team

Wrike Documentation Team

TL;DR

To delete a task recurrence, open any task in the recurrence, click the three-dot menu, select Edit recurrence, then click Delete. This stops new recurring tasks and removes unedited ones. If Edit recurrence is grayed out, add the task to a folder/project/space first.

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Overview

All users, except for Collaborators, Contributors, and Viewers, with whom a task is shared can delete the recurrence unless their access role restricts it.

How to Delete a Recurrence

  1. Open any Task 1 which is a part of the recurrence in Item view.
  2. Click the three-dot menu 2 button in the upper-right corner of the task's item view.

  3. Select Edit recurrence 3 from the drop-down menu that appears.

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  4. Click Delete 4 at the bottom of the pop-up that appears.

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New recurrent tasks will no longer be created, and all tasks in the recurrence sequence that weren't manually edited are deleted.

Note

Deleting a recurrent task doesn't stop new recurrent tasks from being created. To stop the recurrence, follow these instructions.

FAQ

How can I delete task recurrence if the "Edit recurrence..." button is grayed out?

Edit recurrence... button is grayed out if the task doesn't have any parent location.

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In order to delete the ongoing recurrence, you must add the recurrent task to any folder/project/space first. This will make the Edit recurrence... button active for you to Edit or Delete the existing recurrence.

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