# Postponing <span class="related-pages">#feature/dates</span> ## Introduction > [!Tip] > Do you ever find that your Task list is full of overdue tasks that you scheduled with the best of intentions? > > - And now you want to postpone many of them, so you can focus on the immediate priorities? > - Or perhaps you want to remove the date instead? > > Then the ⏩ Postpone button is for you! The ⏩ button in Tasks Search results allows you to quickly postpone (or "snooze") a task until tomorrow or later. > [!released] > > - Postpone was introduced in Tasks 5.3.0. > - The ability to remove the existing date was introduced in Tasks 7.3.0. ### Click and Context Menu The ⏩ button provides two choices: 1. **Click the button** to advance the date to the **earlier** of: - tomorrow - the day after its current date  <span class="caption">**Tooltip** on the Postpone button shows **tomorrow's date**, for dates **before or on today**.</span>  <span class="caption">**Tooltip** on the Postpone button shows '**postpone by day**', for **future dates**.</span> 2. **Right-click** or **press-and-hold** the button to select from a context menu with: - future dates in the next 6 days - more future dates, further ahead - an option to remove the date instead:  <span class="caption">**Context menu** on the Postpone button shows options for dates **before or on today**</span>  <span class="caption">**Context menu** on the Postpone button shows options for **future dates**.</span> ### Which date field is edited? The postpone option looks at the first of these Task fields, and will edit the first of: 1. **Due** date, if present. 1. **Scheduled** date - if no Due date is present. 1. **Start** date - If no Due or Scheduled date is present. ### When is the postpone button shown? - Tasks with none of Due, Scheduled and Start currently don't show the Postpone button. - Tasks with any invalid dates at all (including Created and Done dates) also don't show the Postpone button. - You can use the `hide postpone button` [[Layout]] instruction to hide the Postpone button from your Task query results. ### Availability This facility is currently only available in Tasks query search results. | Where | Viewing Mode | Works? | | --------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------ | | Task lines in markdown files | Source mode | ❌ | | Task lines in markdown files | Live Preview | ❌ | | Task lines in markdown files | Reading mode | ❌ | | Edit task modal | All modes | ❌ | | ⏩ button in Tasks query search results | Live Preview | ✅ | | ⏩ button in Tasks query search results | Reading mode | ✅ | ## Current Limitations ### Why is Postpone not shown on a particular task? One of these reasons: - The task status type [[Status Types|status type]] is `DONE`, `CANCELLED` or `NON_TASK`. - The task does has no [[Dates#Due date|due]], [[Dates#Scheduled date|scheduled]] or [[Dates#Start date|start]] date. - The task has at least one date field with an invalid date value. - The `hide postpone button` instruction was used. ### Can I use Postpone to add a date to an undated task? Currently, no.