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Remove deadline shortcut?

Is there an easy way (with a keyboard shortcut) to remove a deadline or a schedule without actually closing the task?

Solution

  • Shortcut: C-u C-c C-s.

    Why this works

    1. to find all methods with schedule, do C-h a, enter "schedule". There seems to be only

      org-schedule is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
‘../elpa/org-9.0.9/org.el’.

(org-schedule ARG &optional TIME)

Insert the SCHEDULED: string with a timestamp to schedule a TODO item.
With one universal prefix argument, remove any scheduling date from the item.
With two universal prefix arguments, prompt for a delay cookie.
With argument TIME, scheduled at the corresponding date.  TIME can
either be an Org date like "2011-07-24" or a delta like "+2d".

    2. so you need to call org-schedule "with one universal prefix argument". See https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Prefix-Command-Arguments.html. The universal prefix argument is just C-u. In code, this is handled at org.el in org--deadline-or-schedule:

      (pcase arg
  (`(4)
   (when (and old-date log)
 (org-add-log-setup (if deadline? 'deldeadline 'delschedule)
            nil old-date log))
   (org-remove-timestamp-with-keyword keyword)
   (message (if deadline? "Item no longer has a deadline."
      "Item is no longer scheduled.")))

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