{"id":9078,"date":"2026-05-31T15:50:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/?post_type=manual_kb&#038;p=9078"},"modified":"2026-05-31T15:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:50:02","slug":"how-to-create-a-new-subtask","status":"publish","type":"manual_kb","link":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-to-create-a-new-subtask\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a new subtask"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To add a new subtask, log in to your mailbox at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.mybox.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mail.mybox.com<\/a>\u00a0and then click\u00a0<strong>the orange icon<\/strong>\u00a0on the right to go to your tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click on your chosen task. On the task description page, you&#8217;ll find the&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Add subtask&#8221; button.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-10-1024x297.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-10-1024x297.png 1024w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-10-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-10-768x223.png 768w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-10-1536x445.png 1536w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-10-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-10.png 1584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"mybox-3174585852\" class=\"mybox-content mybox-entity-placement\"><div class=\"early-access-banner-inpost\">\r\n  <div class=\"banner-left-inpost\">\r\n    <div class=\"icon-box-inpost\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/square-info-icon.svg\" alt=\"Info\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"text-box-inpost\">\r\n      <span class=\"label-inpost\"><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Early access<\/span><\/span>\r\n      <h4><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Still need help?<\/span><\/h4>\r\n      <p><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Contact our customer service team.<\/span><\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"banner-right-inpost\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/panel.mybox.com\/helpdesk2\/v\/list\/\" class=\"banner-button-inpost\"><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Message us<\/span><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the page reloads, you&#8217;ll see a form identical to the one used to add a new task. The difference is that this time, the added task has a parent.<br>Fill out the form and click&nbsp;<em><strong>&#8220;Save<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;. &#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1007\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-11.png 1007w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-11-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-11-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-11-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the task list has reloaded, you will notice that there is now a drop-down list where subtasks are located under the main task (parent).<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-12.png 513w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-12-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-12-18x8.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[59],"manual_kb_tag":[6035,6036,2741,6028,6029,6030,6031,6032,6033,6034],"class_list":["post-9078","manual_kb","type-manual_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","manualknowledgebasecat-webmail-mybox","manual_kb_tag-subtask-dropdown","manual_kb_tag-task-description-page","manual_kb_tag-task-management","manual_kb_tag-create-subtask","manual_kb_tag-add-subtask","manual_kb_tag-how-to-create-subtask","manual_kb_tag-mailbox-tasks","manual_kb_tag-task-hierarchy","manual_kb_tag-parent-task","manual_kb_tag-subtask-list"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/9078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/9078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9084,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/9078\/revisions\/9084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=9078"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=9078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}