Where's the Removed State on Tasks in VSTS/TFS?

Question

I want to soft delete a Task by setting it to the removed state but I don't see it there. This approach works great on user stories/PBI but it doesn't seem to be there for tasks. What am I missing?

Answer 1

The task state for Agile template and Scrum template has Removed state. And you can find the related workflow in below links:

Agile workflow states

Scrum workflow states

One thing to note:

You can only change task state to Removed when the task state is New (for Agile) or To Do (for Scrum).

Such as in Scrum template, when a task state is To Do, you can find the Removed state in drop down list. If the task state is Done, there won’t show Removed state in drop down list.

Answer 2

Note, because of Microsoft changing the UI so frequently, my view might look slightly different from yours. One of these two options should work.

Right click on the desired task and select Disable selected task(s).

-- OR --

Select the task, expand the Control Options section. There is a check box Enabled and if you un-check it, the task won't run.