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# Google Tasks: Force others to do your bidding
- URL: https://www.jeffsu.org/productivity-ping-79/
- Published: 2023-03-17T01:00:44.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-05T13:07:20.000Z
- Description: #79
- Author: Jeff
- Tags: #newsletter, Google Tasks

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I normally use Google Tasks via Gmail’s Companion Bar to quick capture ideas before transferring those notes to “long-term storage” like Google Keep or Google Docs:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image-22.png)

Here are 3 other ways I make the most out of this underrated app:

## Passive-aggressively assign tasks to others

If you’re in a Google Chat Space with other team members, you can literally assign them a task against their will 😉

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image-23.png)

Click on the "Tasks" tab with a Google Chat Space

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image-24.png)

Assign your colleague to a Task

And then they’ll see this pop on in **THEIR** Google Task list:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image-25.png)

Do not abuse this power

## You can quickly drag an email to your Google Task list

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/CleanShot-2023-03-15-at-21.54.43.gif)

## Use Google Tasks in a standalone website

Navigate to this link and see what happens:

- [https://tasks.google.com/embed/list/\~default?origin=https://mail.google.com&fullWidth=1&lfhs=2](https://tasks.google.com/embed/list/~default?origin=https://mail.google.com&fullWidth=1&lfhs=2&ref=jeffsu.org)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image-26.png)

Now you can access Tasks easily without relying on the Companion Bar

This is actually useful if you want to have a Google Task window always pinned to your Chrome browser!

## ⌨️ Keyboard shortcut

- With an email highlighted in Gmail, press <Shift + T> to add email to Google task (without dragging)

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