# Saving a sort order for a "Tasks" view

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/saving-a-sort-order-for-a-tasks-view/95600>\
**Category:** Tips, Tricks & Best Practices\
**Tags:** professional\
**Created:** [December 7, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/saving-a-sort-order-for-a-tasks-view/95600 "2023-12-07T14:26:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![RCostello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3be4f8/32.png) [@RCostello](https://community.hubspot.com/u/RCostello)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/saving-a-sort-order-for-a-tasks-view/95600/1 "2023-12-07T14:26:18Z")

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We’d like to simply walk our Tasks view sorted by 'priority", but everytime you open a task and come back, it’s sorted to its default (Last activity) order.

Anyone else get creative here or have other ideas? Many thanks,

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/saving-a-sort-order-for-a-tasks-view/95600/2 "2023-12-07T14:29:53Z")

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Hi @RCostello,

For a sorting order to ‘stick’, you need to first save your view, then make it your default view, see screenshot below:

 ![karstenkoehler_0-1701959363132.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/9/99ac4f1065aef0a2c0b3821a050a3589710194db.png)

Best regards!

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**Author:** ![RCostello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3be4f8/32.png) [@RCostello](https://community.hubspot.com/u/RCostello)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/saving-a-sort-order-for-a-tasks-view/95600/3 "2023-12-07T14:53:40Z")

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Thanks - while that’s an option for the “out-of-the-box” views, it’s not an option for a view we created".

 ![RCostello_0-1701960761242.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/03de21ca6fd0de911d3f2c56a8f05bdbdb13ee12.png)

Maybe there’s a way to edit those canned views? I’ll investigate more, but appreciate the quick reply!!

Regards,

R

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/saving-a-sort-order-for-a-tasks-view/95600/4 "2023-12-07T14:56:48Z")

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Hi @RCostello,

The option isn’t shown because this saved view is apparently already the default one.

Best regards

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**Author:** ![RCostello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3be4f8/32.png) [@RCostello](https://community.hubspot.com/u/RCostello)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/saving-a-sort-order-for-a-tasks-view/95600/5 "2023-12-07T15:41:00Z")

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Makes sense - I created it then pinned and moved to the front. That must have made it default without me specifying.

So, I guess we’ll just practice walking through the list without burying into a particular task, and just edit it right there int he list. That will maintain the sort - since the sort order can’t be saved. Thanks again.

Appreciate the help.

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/saving-a-sort-order-for-a-tasks-view/95600/6 "2023-12-07T15:52:35Z")

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Glad I could help, @RCostello. It looks like you accepted your own reply as a solution; if you could also accept my answers, I’d appreciate that!

Have a great day!