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Create ClickUp tasks from email
Turn any email into a ClickUp task in seconds - without leaving your inbox. No complex setup. No apps to install. Compatible with every email provider.
Ben Okafor
Amends to the spring brochure
Your instructions
Add this to the Design Requests list as high priority for Amy.
ClickUp
Add a task for the brochure amends
Design Requests, high priority, for Amy
You receive a confirmation email once complete, with an undo button that works for 24 hours.
Setup in 30 seconds.
How it works
Forward the email to your ForwardThis address with some simple instructions, like "add this to the Design Requests list as high priority for Amy".
The task is created in ClickUp as per your instructions. ForwardThis can set the list, priority and assignee, and attach the email's files.
You receive a confirmation email containing a link to the new task, plus an undo button if something doesn't look right.
What is ForwardThis?
ForwardThis is an ops assistant for your inbox. It turns email into action, without the hassle. Compatible with over 145+ of the apps you use every day.
Works with any email
Compatible with any personal or professional email provider. Gmail, Outlook and more.
145+ apps
Works across all the apps you already use every day. With more being added every month.
Setup in seconds
No complex setup, apps to install or workflows to build. Sign up, forward, done.
Secure & private
ForwardThis only acts on the emails you send it, and no data gets retained after actions have been completed.
Try it with a real email.
Forward any work email to the address below and see what ForwardThis can do. No signup required.
Occasional product emails may follow.
FAQs
- How do I create a ClickUp task from an email?
- Forward the email to your ForwardThis address with some simple instructions, like "add this to the Design Requests list as high priority for Amy". ForwardThis adds the task and replies with a link. The first time, you will need a free ForwardThis account with ClickUp connected - it takes about 30 seconds.
- Which list does the task go into?
- Whichever your instructions name. With only one list, ForwardThis uses it without asking.
- Can it set the priority and assignee?
- Yes. Your instructions can set the priority (urgent, high, normal or low) and assign a named person when the task is created.
- Doesn't ClickUp have its own email-to-task address?
- It does. ClickUp lists can have their own email addresses that turn a message into a task, and it works well. The difference is that ForwardThis is one address for every list, the priority and assignee come from plain instructions, and the reply links to the task it created.
- Can it attach the email's files to the task?
- Yes. ForwardThis can attach the email's files to the task, and the confirmation lists what was attached.
- Does it work with Outlook and other email apps?
- Yes. ForwardThis works with any email provider: Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail and everything else. If it can forward an email, it works.
- What happens to my email afterwards?
- It gets deleted. ForwardThis holds your email briefly in case you press undo, then removes it completely. Nothing is stored long term.