# Organize work with areas and projects

> Group tasks into projects and projects into areas, then find any project on one searchable page and keep finished ones out of the way.

Source: https://priortasks.com/docs/projects/areas-and-projects/
Last updated: 2026-11-05

Prior sorts work on three levels. An **area** is a part of your life or job that never ends, like Work or Studies. A **project** is an outcome with a finish line, like "Launch the website". A **task** is one thing to do.

You do not have to use every level. A task can sit in a project, in an area, or on its own. Start with tasks, add projects when a goal needs several steps, and add areas when you have enough projects to want them grouped.

## The Projects page

Open **Projects** in the sidebar, or press <kbd>G</kbd> then <kbd>P</kbd>. Projects appear as cards, grouped by area.

Each card shows the project's icon and name, its type (Standard, Kanban, Scrum or Scrumban), the tasks done out of the total with a progress bar, its status, a date and, in a shared project, the members. The date is the project's target date, or else the earliest due date among its open tasks. It turns red when it is in the past.

- **Filter by status** with **All**, **Active**, **Planned**, **Paused** or **Completed**. Each button shows how many projects it holds.
- **Search** with the box labelled **Search a project**. It looks in names, descriptions and area names.
- **Sort** by **Manual order**, **Name**, **Due date** or **Progress**. The sort button appears once you have two projects. In **Manual order**, drag a card onto another, or use **Move earlier** and **Move later** in its **•••** menu, to place it within its area.
- **Fold an area** by clicking its name. Prior remembers what you folded, and how you sorted, on this device.
- **Completed projects** wait in a folded **Completed (n)** row at the end of their area while the filter is on **All**.

Each area ends with a dashed **New project in <name>** card. Projects with no area sit in a **No area** group after the last area.

## Create and change areas

1. Press **New area**.
2. Type a name and pick an icon.
3. Press **Create area**.

Prior gives the area a colour of its own. Use the **•••** button on an area for **New project in <name>**, **Edit <name> area** and **Delete <name> area**. Deleting an area keeps its projects: they move to **No area**, and an **Undo** toast stays on screen for a few seconds.

## Move a project to another area

Open the **•••** menu of the project's card, choose **Move to area…** and pick the area. You can also change it when you edit the project.

## Good to know

- Areas belong to your account. A project shared with you appears under **No area** on your Projects page.
- Press **Pin to sidebar** in a project's **•••** menu to keep it one click away. The [command palette](https://priortasks.com/docs/getting-started/command-palette/) has the same action.
- Deleting a project removes the project but keeps its tasks: they stay in **All tasks**. See [Undo and delete](https://priortasks.com/docs/tasks/undo-and-delete/).