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Assign tasks to contacts

Last updated: April 3, 2026

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Tasks help you keep track of your to-do list within HubSpot. To track tasks that must be completed by contacts your business works with (e.g., customers, partners), assign tasks to contacts in your CRM.

For example, a customer must share documents to resolve a support ticket. The support representative assigns that contact a task and marks it as complete when the customer has sent the necessary files.

Edit customer tasks permission is required to view, edit, and delete tasks assigned to contacts.

Create a task for a contact

  1. In your HubSpot account, navigate to CRM > Tasks.
  2. In the upper right, click Create task.

  3. In the Assigned to field, select Customer.
  4. In the Assigned Customer Contacts field, select the checkboxes of contacts that'll own the task. assign-new-task-to-contact
  5. Finish entering the details for your task, then click Create.

Learn more about creating tasks.

Assign an existing task to a contact

  1. In your HubSpot account, navigate to CRM > Tasks.
  2. Hover over the task to assign, then click Edit

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  3. In the Assigned to field, select Customer.
  4. In the Assigned Customer Contacts field, select the checkboxes of contacts that'll own the task.
  5. Click Save to confirm.

Learn more about editing and completing tasks.

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