Add Google Tasks to your home screen

To manage your tasks from the home screen without opening the Tasks app, you can add a widget.  

Add the Tasks widget to your home screen

Important: Depending on your Android phone or tablet, some of these steps may be different.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, touch and hold the home screen.
2. Tap Widgets.
3. Tap Tasks.
4. Touch and hold a Tasks widget:
   • List: Find, create, and manage tasks in the widget
   • New Task: Adds a shortcut to create a new task in the app.
5. Drag the widget to an empty space on the home screen, then release it.

Resize the Tasks widget

Important: You can only resize the "List" widget.

1. Touch and hold the widget on your home screen, then release it.
   • An outline with dots appears on the sides of the widget.
2. To resize the widget, drag the dots.
3. When you're done, tap outside the widget.

Move the Tasks widget

1. Touch and hold the widget.
2. Drag the widget to an empty space on the home screen, then release it.

Remove the Tasks widget

1. Touch and hold the widget.
2. Drag the widget up to Remove, then release it.