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Peekaboo helps you temporarily hide tasks that are not actionable right now, keeping your task list clean and focused. Peekaboo-ed tasks are removed from the main List view and automatically reappear after a set number of days or on a specific date.

Peekaboo is available on the Professional, Premium, and Enterprise plans. More information can be found on our pricing page.

Peekaboo Tasks

How do I peekaboo a task?

  1. Open the task’s detail panel.
  2. Click the More Options icon.
  3. Select Peekaboo from the dropdown menu.

Peekaboo a task from the detail panel in Quire

You can also peekaboo a task using the context menu:

  1. Right-click the task.
  2. Select Peekaboo.

Peekaboo a task using the right-click context menu in Quire

How do I choose when peekaboo tasks reshow?

After peekabooing a task, you can decide when it should reappear:

  • Select how many days later the task should reshow.
  • Or use the date picker to choose a specific reshow date.

Select a reshow date for peekaboo tasks in Quire

If a future reshow date is set, the task’s detail panel will display the scheduled reappearance date.

Peekaboo task reshow date displayed in the task detail panel

Note: Completed tasks cannot be assigned a reshow date when peekabooed.

View Peekaboo Tasks

Where can I see peekaboo-ed tasks?

To view all peekaboo tasks within a project:

  1. Click the arrow next to the Filter icon in the top navigation bar.
  2. Select Peekaboo Tasks from the task status menu.

Filter and view peekaboo tasks in Quire

Reshow Peekaboo Tasks

How do I manually reshow a peekaboo-ed task?

If you want a task to reappear earlier than scheduled:

  1. Open the task’s detail panel.
  2. Click the More Options icon.
  3. Select Reshow this task.


You can also right-click the task and choose Reshow this task from the context menu.

Reshow a peekaboo task from the task detail panel in Quire

Read more on our blog about the Peekaboo feature and the GTD method.

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