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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=key1; t=1628106899; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:list-id:list-help: list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post:dkim-signature; bh=wEX8jmAoz6T7TdB7J5mSflqiiHuRTkqyWaKEDVHtM2o=; b=kQY17HL449DtQ41iU7J6v9U0js1EuEjNaTMFTfFJL6bXDEalN2K9CDWFy8p8rrTPe+mbXL XVU68IInifAzdonyVuX+TYxzS2oqcV93Ysk/7MLLqwRkGDi54ezqWeEsxHeMseRrh9ECix 8owBB/4e8j0qkAw215Brw7xFXTiVSEOg051Fnq7HSTpew/BZ7Kakd23k9iedrL6I5hEg7C kG1Klse8RzM/EJc7C2ZnRexsgjiYhYMztearj7rr0d/XJWp8oNso2+pQuJm9FJ/3DVUh0h ht9LkzAflaSmpb0kz4EBI/AcDg3aj+PmlRmYetaYtntlUhLtIN1KkB89aUN3pw== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=key1; d=yhetil.org; t=1628106899; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=QD28LFWVOduz257lZIstGsOLK7Dg3jyMac+2tz6eYW0hKU3rbQH9wpbi+PnkQ7w5/HjXtU CW/73k9rsCSfAbDIA5asEN2JFdWNuC3QpXB/ExZp+/w7PQYQTIkPyqe2N3+pq2Co+UWg0K Lk6zCWk54SvAGuZ3c+PSKRem8Z5ptYfDTgtqRz3NTAR2k7vb6eNwdXrLJjZFf0XR6pCp9f uOM3FMO0oxqlW2mANAuWLvLfX1Jz+lo0paKeJzn9gxruZghnUi5rl63E0C4f5Ik1Xwb245 5qMFWqrU1d7oYnvBHGr8hAzJQZ1Sos3QZcIh86imMtSD/sNR/nxckmJlGhOWEg== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=windstream.net header.s=20180222 header.b=v0fXDWNj; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -2.11 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=windstream.net header.s=20180222 header.b=v0fXDWNj; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 26A6C1CABD X-Spam-Score: -2.11 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: RVFareJxZTiR On Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:47:11 -0400, William Denton wrote: > When I've marked a TODO item as DONE and want to get it out of my > projects list, I've always used C-c C-x C-a > (org-archive-subtree-default) to get it out of the way. > > Today I had to go through the archive file to find an old note about > something, and the file was huge because it was filled with many trivial > TODOs that didn't need to be archived. For example, If I'm waiting to > hear back from someone, when they reply I usually just want to mark the > task DONE and delete it. I don't need to record it forever. > > Maybe I've been using the archiving not as intended, but I don't see any > other command for getting rid of a TODO. I can't find a command to > delete the current task. Am I missing something? Is there a keystroke > to delete a TODO? Or does everyone archive everything? > > Bill > > -- > William Denton > https://www.miskatonic.org/ > Librarian, artist and licensed private investigator. > Toronto, Canada It's just text. Delete it. ^k^k or (for bigger items) establish a region and kill it (^w). If you would like (since you're in emacs) you can write yourself a special button to do it.