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title: "How to Create a New Task"
description: "This article explains the process of creating a new task."
url: https://help.clearcrm.com/en/articles/10709759-how-to-create-a-new-task
collection: "Tasks"
updated: 2026-10-02
language: en
---

# How to Create a New Task

This article explains the process of creating a new task.

In order to create a new task, from the main menu navigate to **Tasks** and click on the **New Task** button.

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-   **Subject** – Enter the subject for the task in order to easily identify it.
    
-   **Hourly Rate** – Set task hourly rate
    
-   **Start Date** – Set the date when the task should be valid.
    
-   **Due Date** – Set the due date when this task should be finished.
    
-   **Priority** – Select task priority, Low, Medium, High, Urgent.
    
-   **Repeat Every** – If you want to mark this task as recurring to be repeated based on the period selected, select recurring options accordingly to your needs.
    
-   **Related To** – If you want to associate the task to a specific feature like project, customer, invoice etc.. you can choose from this list.
    
-   **Tags** – Add task tags for easier identification, for example, bug, wordpress, etc…
    
-   **Task Description** – Provide additional information for the task.
    
-   Click Save
    

After you create the task, you will be able to add assignees and followers directly in the task modal from the right side.

When a follower or assignee is added to the task, **the user will receive an email and bell notifications that he/she is added as assignee or follower to the task**, if you need to adjust the email templates that are sent to the user, you can do this in **Setup->Email Templates**.