Where Does Google Tasks Store Task Lists?
Google Tasks keeps task lists in your Google account with the phone holding offline cache in a private sandbox.
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Google Tasks lists live server-side. Tasks, subtasks, due dates, and list membership attach to the Google account. The sandbox holds cached lists and notification state.
Calendar and Gmail surface the same lists from that backend. Completing a task anywhere completes it everywhere. The app is one window among several onto one dataset.
Where Google Tasks stores this, by platform
/data/data/com.google.android.apps.tasks
Private sandbox for cached lists and session. Every task is account-side. Full archive comes from Takeout rather than local files.
/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/<guid>/Documents
Sandboxed container with the same account mirror. Calendar integration resumes after login. Reinstalls only reset offline cache.
Frequently asked questions
How do I move Google Tasks to a new phone?
Log in and lists sync from the account. Gmail and Calendar integrations resume automatically. Widgets need re-adding to the home screen.
How do I export Google Tasks?
Use Google Takeout with Tasks selected. It exports lists beyond what the app screen shows. The sandbox copy is a cache, not the record.
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