# Selecting multiple tasks to edit in bulk **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Discussion\ **Created:** [3 March 2023 02:20 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/selecting-multiple-tasks-to-edit-in-bulk/1211 "2023-03-03T02:20:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rikrdo89](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/rikrdo89/32/1590_2.png) [@rikrdo89](https://community.vikunja.io/u/rikrdo89)\ **Post date:** [3 March 2023 02:20 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/selecting-multiple-tasks-to-edit-in-bulk/1211/1 "2023-03-03T02:20:19Z")
I’m not sure if this feature currently exists, but it will be extremely useful to have a way to select multiple task to edit them in bulk (set same due date, delete them, flag them, etc). I think this could be a nice implementation in the table view. Right now, it looks like we can only edit tasks one by one. ---
**Author:** ![kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kolaente/32/5_2.png) [@kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kolaente)\ **Post date:** [3 March 2023 14:14 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/selecting-multiple-tasks-to-edit-in-bulk/1211/2 "2023-03-03T14:14:41Z")
It does not exist but it’s on the roadmap. ---
**Author:** ![ndmax](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/ndmax/32/1388_2.png) [@ndmax](https://community.vikunja.io/u/ndmax)\ **Post date:** [25 June 2024 02:20 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/selecting-multiple-tasks-to-edit-in-bulk/1211/3 "2024-06-25T02:20:13Z")
I was absolutely thrilled to discover Vikunja. I set it up and began exploring and planning to migrate from my existing tasker (Remember the Milk). Self-hosting seemed too good to be true (but it was super easy), and I was especially interested in the ability to view tasks in different formats (list, table, kanban, etc.) Unfortunately, without the ability to select and bulk-edit multiple tasks Vikunja is a non-starter for me. I see that this post was about 15 months ago now. Is it still on the roadmap? If so, has its status or development state changed since Mar 2023? ---
**Author:** ![kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kolaente/32/5_2.png) [@kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kolaente)\ **Post date:** [25 June 2024 07:47 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/selecting-multiple-tasks-to-edit-in-bulk/1211/4 "2024-06-25T07:47:22Z")
The development status hasn’t really changed. There is an api endpoint for it, but the UI is not implemented as that’s tricky to get right. Curious, what’s your use-case for bulk edit? ---
**Author:** ![ndmax](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/ndmax/32/1388_2.png) [@ndmax](https://community.vikunja.io/u/ndmax)\ **Post date:** [26 June 2024 13:56 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/selecting-multiple-tasks-to-edit-in-bulk/1211/5 "2024-06-26T13:56:42Z")
Thanks, @kolaente for your response. Using [RTM’s smart lists](https://www.rememberthemilk.com/help/answer/basics-smartlists-whatare) (roughly equivalent to saved filters in Vikunja) to query a combination of due date, tag, and priority fields, I have the following task workflow: - Focus _= **three** tasks I am completing now (top, medium, low priority)_ - Commit _= **ten** tasks I plan to complete today_ - Staged _= tasks I **could** complete today_ - Full _= **all** tasks_ - Rollover _= tasks I did **not** complete yesterday_ I start each day by clearing the Focus, Commit, and Rollover lists and “bubbling up” whatever I need to get done. Each month, I move the due date of all long-term project tasks to the end of the current month. This method has been transformative for my productivity, effectiveness, and focus, and bulk edit makes it possible. The actual mechanics of clearing and repopulating these lists is more or less instant (with bulk edit), so I’m only spending time figuring out the most important step for me to take next. In this way, RTM’s bulk edit is key to the app “getting out of the way” and not becoming a task itself. I can appreciate that its implementation (both UI and backend) would be especially complicated. But it would also constitute a meaningful advancement in Vinkunja’s task management capabilities. ---
**Author:** ![ChefAndy](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/chefandy/32/1630_2.png) [@ChefAndy](https://community.vikunja.io/u/ChefAndy)\ **Post date:** [19 March 2025 20:39 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/selecting-multiple-tasks-to-edit-in-bulk/1211/6 "2025-03-19T20:39:09Z")
My use case is bulk deleting tasks while testing automation. I’m using n8n which is a great way to compose automatons on the fly, but in that environment it’s a pain to do one-off API calls to clean things like that up. ---
**Author:** ![JDW](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/jdw/32/2361_2.png) [@JDW](https://community.vikunja.io/u/JDW)\ **Post date:** [10 August 2025 10:44 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/selecting-multiple-tasks-to-edit-in-bulk/1211/7 "2025-08-10T10:44:01Z")
Same needs here! My use case is when bulk inserting tasks then having to set priority/labels for each of them one by one, like after designing specs for a project. I may have inserted 30 items and have 4 or 5 different labels to set ---
**Author:** ![subacoustic](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/subacoustic/32/2691_2.png) [@subacoustic](https://community.vikunja.io/u/subacoustic)\ **Post date:** [28 March 2026 23:15 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/selecting-multiple-tasks-to-edit-in-bulk/1211/8 "2026-03-28T23:15:25Z")
Another additional to this suggestion would be if buckets can turn to projects, or buckets can be reassigned to other projects. I was using buckets in todoists as separate projects until I maxed out the free tier on todoist - so glad vikunja exists (and it is better - gantt charts are great - but there are little UX things like bulk drag and drop that I miss)… thanks for building Vikunja!!!