How to Create a Task from an Email in Gmail

So you want to "do" the email and have the task visible and keep the email out of the Inbox and be done by a due date and add notes as you go?

In Gmail, you can do all this with a task that links to an email message. These are easy to create, too, starting from the message in question.

Create a Task from an Email in Gmail

To create a new to-do item from and linked to an email message in Gmail:

• Open the desired conversation or check it in the message list.
• Press Shift-T.
  • You can also click More Actions and select Add to Tasks.
• Click in the task description to edit the default (the message's subject).
  • Now you can move the task or make it a sub-task of another task. Sub-tasks also let you link a single task to multiple messages.

To open a the message related to a to-do item in Gmail Tasks:

• Click Related email in the task list for the desired task.

To remove an email association from a to-do item in Gmail Tasks:

• Highlight the desired task (click anywhere in its title, for example).
• Press Shift-Enter.
• Click the x next to Related email.