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How to connect Google Tasks with Evernote

Turn notes & to-dos from Evernote into tasks in Google Tasks and sync updates both ways

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Written by Jorge Enrique
Updated over a week ago

Pleexy creates tasks in your Google Tasks from notes and checkbox items in your Evernote and Evernote Business notes. Start your 14-day free trial.

šŸ’”IMPORTANT INFORMATION

āœ… Pleexy syncs Evernote and Checkbox items & Notes.

āŒ Pleexy does not sync Evernote Tasks.

Evernote Tasks are relatively new and their team hasn't made them available through their API yet. What we've done, and encourage our users to do, is to request this to be available in their public API through your Evernote account.


With Pleexy you can:

  • Greate Google Tasks based on notes and checkbox items in Evernote

  • synchronize due dates

  • automatically complete to-dos when you complete tasks in your Google Tasks

If you want to set this up just follow these steps:

  1. Go to your dashboard in Pleexy

  2. Select "Create a connection"

  3. Choose the Evernote connection card

Once you've created the connection you'll go to a configuration process where you can customize Pleexyā€™s settings to integrate Evernote and Google Tasks exactly the way you want.


1. Introduction

Connect Evernote and Google Tasks

On this page, you can customize the connection's name. You can also adjust the settings for Source, Tasks, Destination, and Sync options. Letā€™s walk through your options for each.


2. Source of tasks

Source settings let you configure how Pleexy searches for notes and to-dos in Evernote which will be converted into tasks in Google Tasks.

Decide which Evernote notes or to-do's you'd like to sync with Google Tasks

You can choose to synchronize

  • (1) to-dos from your notes

  • (2) your notes only

Search method

Pleexy searches your Evernote for to-dos or notes through either of the two methods:

1. Pleexy

If you choose the Pleexy method, you can filter your to-dos or notes by tag, notebook, and last update.

  • Tags: Select the tags Pleexy should search for in Evernote. You can select all tags or choose specific ones.

  • Notebooks: Select which Evernote notebooks Pleexy should search for to-dos or notes. You can select all notebooks or choose specific ones.

  • Last update: You can ignore tasks you consider out-of-date. If you enter ā€˜60ā€™ in the "and ignore tasks older than ___ days" field, Pleexy will ignore Evernote notes that havenā€™t been updated in the last 60 days.

For example:

If you enter the tags chore and favor, select the notebooks Family and Neighbors, and enter 30 days, Pleexy will search for notes that meet all three requirements:

  • Tagged with chore or favor

  • Located in notebook Family or Neighbors

  • Updated less than 30 days ago

2. Evernote's advanced search.

Selecting notes by Evernote's advanced search is for expert Evernote users who use Evernoteā€™s advanced search syntax. In the Search bar, just enter the advanced search syntax you have set up in Evernote to tailor which notes Pleexy creates as tasks in your Google Tasks.


3. Task template

In the Task template, you can specify how Pleexy creates, names, and synchronizes tasks and task attributes.

Customizing the task title template

Customize how Pleexy should name the Evernote tasks created in Google Tasks

Task Title

Under Task title, customize how Pleexy names your tasks in Google Tasks by adding text and selecting any of the given elements.

  • For Evernote integrations, three elements are available for task names: {notebook}, {note}, and {todo}.

  • If you chose to sync notes in your Source settings, you can only use {notebook} or {note} in the template.

As you change your task title template, Pleexy shows how your tasks will look in a live example above the template field. You can combine the macro elements however you want, as long as you get the formatting correct. Here are some ideas:

  • {todo} from {notebook}: {note}

  • {notebook} - {note}: {todo}

Note: If you manually edit a task title in Google Tasks, Pleexy wonā€™t change the title in Evernote.

Synchronizing due dates

Sync Evernote due dates with Google Tasks

You can add a due date to your tasks in Google Tasks.

  • If you toggle on Due date, Pleexy will add the reminder from your Evernote note as a due date to the task in Google Tasks upon initial sync.

  • If you'd rather not copy due dates from Evernote to Google Tasks, simply disable this option.

Create to-dos as sub-tasks under a parent task

You can choose to create your to-do's (checklist items) as subtasks under a parent task. If you toggle on this option:

  • Parent Task - Evernote note

  • Subtasks - Checklist items


4. Destination settings

Destination settings define how Pleexy creates tasks in your Google Tasks.

You have two destination options:

1. Create all tasks in one list:

Create tasks from all Evernote notes in the same Google Tasks list. Click the pencil icon to select the Google Tasks list to use.
ā€‹Note: If you want Pleexy to create tasks in a new Google Tasks list, log in to your Google Tasks and create the new list there. Back in your Pleexy settings, click Refresh to update the list.

2. Create tasks in multiple lists:

Create tasks from each Evernote notebook in separate Google Tasks lists.
ā€‹Note: If an Evernote notebook has the same name as an existing list in Google Tasks, Pleexy will use it instead of creating a new one. This way, Pleexy can combine tasks from different source services in the same list.

For example, Pleexy will create tasks from a ā€œDevelopmentā€ notebook in Evernote and a ā€œDevelopmentā€ board in Trello in a single list in Google Tasks.
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5. Sync options

Sync options let you control what Pleexy will do when you complete or delete tasks in Evernote or Google Tasksā€”both sides of the integration!

From Evernote to Google Tasks

Specify the two-way sync from Evernote to Google Tasks

First, tell Pleexy what should happen in Google Tasks when you complete or delete a to-do in Evernote.

  • Complete task:

    • If enabled, Pleexy will mark the task as complete in Google Tasks when it's marked complete in Evernote

  • Delete task:

    • If enabled, Pleexy will delete the task in Google Tasks when it's deleted in Evernote

From Google Tasks to Evernote

Next, tell Pleexy what should happen in Evernote when you complete a task in Google Tasks.

  • Complete to-do:

    • If enabled, Pleexy will mark the to-do as complete in Evernote when the task is completed in Google Tasks.


Now you know all about your options for integrating Evernote with Google Tasks! Donā€™t forget to click Save when youā€™re finished customizing.

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