Update Task

Update a task.

External Documentation

To learn more, visit the ClickUp documentation.

Basic Parameters

Parameter	Description
Assignees to Add	A comma separated list of the assignees IDs to add to the task.
Assignees to Remove	A comma separated list of the assignees IDs to remove from the task.
Description	The description of the task.
Parent Task	You can move a subtask to another parent task by including an existing task ID. You cannot convert a subtask to a task by using this parameter.
Priority	The priority of the task.
Status	The status of the task. For example Open.
Task ID	The ID of the task. Can be retrieved from the List Tasks action.
Task Name	The name of the task.
Watchers to Add	A comma separated list of the watchers IDs to add to the task.
Watchers to Remove	A comma separated list of the watchers IDs to remove from the task.

Advanced Parameters

Parameter	Description
Custom Task IDs	If you want to reference a task by its custom task id, this value must be true.
Team ID	Only used when the Custom Task IDs parameter is set to true.

Example Output

{
    "id": "9hx",
    "custom_id": null,
    "custom_item_id": null,
    "name": "Updated Task Name",
    "text_content": "Updated Task Content",
    "description": "Updated Task Content",
    "markdown_description": "Updates Task Content",
    "status": {
        "status": "in progress",
        "color": "#d3d3d3",
        "orderindex": 1,
        "type": "custom"
    },
    "archived": false,
    "orderindex": "1.00000000000000000000000000000000",
    "date_created": "1567780450202",
    "date_updated": "1567780450202",
    "date_closed": null,
    "creator": {
        "id": 183,
        "username": "John Doe",
        "color": "#827718",
        "profilePicture": "https://attachments-public.clickup.com/profilePictures/183_abc.jpg"
    },
    "assignees": [],
    "group_assignees": [],
    "checklists": [],
    "tags": [],
    "parent": "abc1234",
    "priority": null,
    "due_date": null,
    "start_date": null,
    "points": 3,
    "time_estimate": null,
    "time_spent": null,
    "custom_fields": [
        {
            "id": "0a52c486-5f05-403b-b4fd-c512ff05131c",
            "name": "My Number field",
            "type": "checkbox",
            "type_config": {},
            "date_created": "1622176979540",
            "hide_from_guests": false,
            "value": "23",
            "required": true
        },
        {
            "id": "03efda77-c7a0-42d3-8afd-fd546353c2f5",
            "name": "My Text field",
            "type": "short_text",
            "type_config": {},
            "date_created": "1622176979540",
            "hide_from_guests": false,
            "value": "Text field input",
            "required": false
        },
        {
            "id": "f4d2a20d-6759-4420-b853-222dbe2589d5",
            "name": "My People",
            "type": "users",
            "type_config": {
                "single_user": true,
                "include_groups": true,
                "include_guests": true,
                "include_team_members": true
            },
            "date_created": "1618440378816",
            "hide_from_guests": false,
            "required": false
        }
    ],
    "list": {
        "id": "123"
    },
    "folder": {
        "id": "456"
    },
    "space": {
        "id": "789"
    },
    "url": "https://app.clickup.com/t/9hx"
}

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