How to show Microsoft To Do on desktop in Windows 11
Open Microsoft To Do for Windows and select your task list to show it in a desktop app window. Glassline also puts your Microsoft To Do tasks beside your calendar in Today, opened from the menu bar clock.
Use the Windows app
- Install or open Microsoft To Do. Open the Microsoft Store, search for Microsoft To Do, then install or open Microsoft’s app.
- Sign in and select your task list. Use the account that holds your tasks. The selected list appears in an ordinary desktop app window.
- Pin it to the taskbar. Right-click Microsoft To Do in Start and choose Pin to taskbar (in the All list it is under More), so the list is one click away.
This gives your task list its own window. Glassline adds a place for your open tasks beside your calendar in Today, reached through the menu bar clock.
Connect your To Do account
- Install Glassline from the Microsoft Store. Open it to get the menu bar at the top of your screen and the dock at the bottom.
- Open Glassline Settings. Right-click the menu bar and choose Glassline Settings. Open Control Center and find Microsoft To Do.
- Press Sign in. Finish signing in in your browser with your To Do account. Use the account that holds the tasks you want to see.
- Open Today. Click the clock in the menu bar, then choose Today. Your open tasks show beside your calendar once you have signed in.
This puts the task list within reach of the clock. You can read your tasks and work on them in the same panel as your day’s calendar.
Add and finish tasks
- Add a task with its due date. In Today, add something you need to do, such as Send the invoice, and give it a due date. It goes into Microsoft To Do itself.
- Tick off a finished task. Complete it in Today when the work is done. The change goes back to your To Do account.
- Right-click a task to change it. Edit it when the details change, or delete it when you no longer need it.
Tasks you add and changes you make reach Microsoft To Do on your phone too. Keep using the same To Do account to carry the list between your desktop and your phone.
Keep your calendar beside it
Today holds your calendar alongside your open tasks. To bring calendar events into that view, follow how to add Google Calendar to the Windows 11 taskbar clock.
Glassline can be tried free for 7 days: on its Microsoft Store page, choose Free trial. After the trial, Glassline is bought once.
