How to add Planner/Tasks back to Team channel

Question

Today I was messing around with Teams trying to figure out how to receive notifications on comments for tasks and I went to "planner" and it gave me this option (pictured) and I clicked save and it deleted the previous tasks that were there. It is possible for me to go to the Planner app to view the tasks there, but we had a tab within the Teams channel with the tasks and now its blank. Can someone help me figure out how to get it back to its previous location? Thank you!

Answer 1

@Marissa Torres

You can usually restore your Tasks/Planner tab by re-adding it to your Teams channel without affecting your existing Planner data. The tasks themselves still exist in the Planner (or Tasks by Planner and To Do) app—they just aren’t being displayed in the channel. Here’s how you can add the tab back:

1. Open the Teams channel where you want the tasks to appear.
2. At the top of the channel (next to other tabs like Posts, Files, etc.), click the plus (+) icon to add a new tab.
3. In the “Add a tab” window, search for the app. Depending on your Teams version, you might see either “Planner” or “Tasks by Planner and To Do.” (The latter is the combined view that Microsoft is moving toward.)
4. Select the appropriate app:

  • If you see “Tasks by Planner and To Do,” click on that.

  • If you only see “Planner,” click that.

5. Once selected, you’ll get an option to choose an existing plan or create a new one. Choose “Use an existing plan” (or the equivalent option) if you want to display the tasks you were already working on.
6. From the list, pick the plan associated with your team or the one you want to display. (If you accidentally created a new empty plan earlier, be sure to select the correct one that contains your tasks.)
7. Click Save (or Add) to complete adding the tab.

After following these steps, the tab should now display your Planner tasks in the channel. If it still appears blank, verify that:

• You’re selecting the correct plan that actually contains your tasks.

• The tasks haven’t been filtered out in the app view.

If you ran into any changes or a configuration prompt earlier that seemed to remove tasks, remember that in Microsoft Teams, removing a tab usually doesn’t delete the underlying Planner board—it only removes the tab view. The tasks should still be accessible by opening Planner (or the Tasks app) directly from the Teams navigation or via your browser

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