Microsoft to finally shut down to do list app Wunderlist on May 6, 2020
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Microsoft to finally shut down to do list app Wunderlist on May 6, 2020
Microsoft has for years promised it would eventually shut do to-do list app Wunderlist, which it acquired in 2015, in favor of its own app, To Do - after it felt the latter was able to offer a competitive experience that included Wunderlist's best features. Today, Microsoft is finally announcing a shut-down date for Wunderlist of May 6, 2020. After this date, Wunderlist to-do's will no longer sync but users will still be able to import their content into Microsoft's own To Do app.
Some Wunderlist users may be disappointed but, to be fair, Microsoft allowed Wunderlist to operate far longer than expected, compared with how most acquisitions of this nature tend to go. And the company prepared Wunderlist users for the app's inevitable closure as far back as April 2017.
In the meantime, Microsoft has been working to ensure that users' favorite features - like list groups (folders), steps (subtasks), file attachments, sharing, and task assignments - made their way over to Microsoft To Do.
In September, Microsoft unveiled another upgrade for To Do which hinted the Wunderlist shut down could be nearing, with the addition of new backgrounds, smart lists and a personalized daily planner offering smart suggestions of tasks to be accomplished. It also integrated To Do with other Microsoft apps like Outlook, Microsoft Planner, Cortana, and Microsoft Launcher on Android.
At the same time, Wunderlist's creator Christian Reber took to Twitter to express remorse over Wunderlist's coming closure, and even suggested he would buy the app back if allowed. Reber wasn't expressing sour grapes, necessarily, but rather a desire to fulfill his original vision for the app which included bui