Why can you not sort by list in To Do 'My Day' or 'Planned' views?

Question

In Outlook Tasks I can sort or group the tasks for my day by category, which helps me to easily see how my work for the day is likely to break down. In To Do I have no such option.

To Do onky lets me sort by Importance, Due date, Added to My Day, Alphabetically or Creation date. None of these (other than perhaps Importance, which I find meaningless) help me to organise my work for the day.

Rolling out To Do without the ability to do this was a poor performance by MS.

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Answer 1

Dear @Craig Wilson,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum and sharing your feedback regarding sorting options in Microsoft To Do. Currently, in the My Day and Planned views, tasks can only be sorted by Importance, Due Date, Added to My Day, Alphabetically, or Creation Date. Sorting by list or category is not available at this time. 

We understand how valuable this feature would be for organizing your day, and your input is important to us. The best way to influence future improvements is to submit feedback directly through the app: 

In Microsoft To Do, go to Settings > Help & Feedback > Suggest a Feature. 

Follow this guide to upgrade: Give feedback on Microsoft To Do - Microsoft Support 

Or you can raise feedback via  Microsoft Feedback Portal , as community moderators, we have limited influence over product design decisions. However, your input is valuable to the product team. To help prioritize this feature, we kindly ask you to submit your suggestion through the official Microsoft Feedback Portal 

Steps to raise feedback: 

1. Sign in with your Microsoft account. 
2. Search for similar ideas to upvote or create a new suggestion. 
3. Provide details about why this feature matters to you. 

For more details on managing tasks in My Day and Planned views, please refer to this official Microsoft article: Manage your tasks with My Tasks and My Day - Microsoft Support 

I appreciate your patience and suggestions as we continue to improve Microsoft To Do. Please let me know if you need any further assistance. 

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