Import from Todoist

Download a backup from Todoist on a computer, or a CSV file for each project, then choose it in Ring List’s Import card.

Before you start

• Use Todoist in a web browser or its computer app. Its phone apps can’t export.
• A backup of every project at once needs a paid Todoist plan. On the free plan, export each project as its own CSV file.

In Todoist

Everything at once (paid plans):

1. Click your picture at the top left, then Settings.
2. Open Backups and click Download beside the newest one. Todoist may ask for a code first, if you sign in with two steps.
3. Keep the .zip file as it is: don’t unzip it.

One project at a time (any plan):

1. Open the project and click ⋯ at the top right.
2. Choose Import & export, then Export to CSV. (Some versions of Todoist call these Manage data and Export as CSV.)
3. Do the same for each project you want.

In Ring List

1. On Ring Lists, tap or click the + circle, then import.
2. Under From, choose Todoist.
3. Tap or click Choose the .zip or .csv file and pick the backup, or all your project files at once.

Each project becomes a list with the project’s name.

What comes over

• Sections, subtasks, and each task’s description and comments, as its note.
• Priorities: p1 as !!!, p2 as !!, p3 as !.
• Due dates and times, and repeats.
• @labels in a task’s name, as labels.

What doesn’t

• Finished tasks. Todoist’s file has only the open ones.
• Reminders, who a task is assigned to, and the files in comments (their links stay in the note).
• A repeating task’s next date. Todoist’s file says only “every week”, so the task is due on the first such day from today. Check your repeating tasks after importing.
• Anything Ring List has no place for stays in the task’s note, on a line starting “From Todoist:”. See After an import.