feature requestProductivity · Project ManagementsituationalTask ManagementUX

Asana Lacks Easy Way to Customize Display Names and Hide Archived Projects

Users want better ways to customize how people's names and icons appear for quick scanning, and to prevent archived projects from resurfacing when adding new items. Without this, it's easy to accidentally add tasks to stale, archived projects.

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