# Projects and sections

> Group tasks into projects, and split a project into sections. Give projects their own colors, and see one project's tasks on the calendar.

Source: https://todocity.app/docs/projects-and-sections

A **project** holds all the tasks for one goal, like “Offsite 2026” or “Q4 launch”. A **section** breaks a project into parts, like “Travel” and “Program”.

![A project shown as a board with three columns: General, Program and Travel, and one task open on the right](https://todocity.app/docs/img/project.webp "A project as a board, with its sections as columns.")

## Start a project

- Click **+** next to **Projects** in the sidebar and give it a name. A project doesn't need any tasks to get started.
- Or type `@Name` in a new task to put it straight into a project.

**Add Task** at the top right lets you pick the **project**, **section**, **date** and **time** right in the form.

## Sections

Open a project in the sidebar to see its sections, listed a bit like chat channels: **# General**, **# Program**, **# Travel**, each showing how many tasks are left to do. **General** holds any of the project's tasks that aren't in a section.

- **To add a section**, choose **Add a section…** from the project's **⋯** menu, or use **+ New section** when you're picking where a task goes.
- **Click a section** to open its own page. Finished tasks stay there, crossed out, and **Add Task** puts new tasks straight into that section.
- **Drag a task** from one section to another in the project's list, or onto a project or section in the sidebar.

![A section's own page: Pack for the offsite with its sub-tasks, and Book flights, with the calendar showing only this section's tasks](https://todocity.app/docs/img/section.webp "A section's page, with the calendar for just this section.")

## Give a project its own color

Choose **Color** from the project's **⋯** menu. Its tasks' checkboxes, calendar blocks and dots on the month all take on that color. **Default color** sets it back.

## The calendar follows you

When you're inside a project, the month and the day's hours on the right only show that project's tasks. Inside a section, they only show that section's.

## List or board

The **View** button at the top lets you see a project as a **List** or as a **Board**, with one column for each section.

## Rename or delete

To rename, use the **⋯** menu next to a project (**Rename project…**) or a section (**Rename section…**).

Before you can delete a project or a section, you'll need to move or delete its tasks. After that, **Delete project** or **Delete section** is in the same menu.

## Projects that sync

Projects that came from Todoist or Things 3 and are still syncing have **Stop syncing** in their **⋯** menu. If you use it, their tasks stay in TodoCity. See [Connectors](https://todocity.app/docs/connectors).

Every project also shows up as a building in your city. See [Your city](https://todocity.app/docs/city).