To-Do List Maker

Two ways to keep a to-do list, both free and without an account: a live list you tick off on your phone and share with one link, or a printed page for the desk or the fridge.

FreeNo sign-upOnline or printableShare with one link

Make a to-do list online

Type a name and your tasks (or just a name and add them later). You get a link: open it on your phone, share it, tick things off. Everyone with the link sees the same list in real time.

No account, no app
Ticked tasks drop to the bottom
Works on any phone or computer

Or print a to-do list

Step 1 · What to print

Kind Start from a template Title Lines to fill in at the top (comma between them)

Step 2 · Your items (optional: leave empty to print blank)

Top 3 today 1 · Do first (urgent and important) 2 · Schedule (important, not urgent) 3 · Delegate (urgent, not important) 4 · Drop (neither urgent nor important) Items, one per line

Tip: a line starting with # prints as a section heading.

Columns Blank pages

Extra columns (one-column lists) Due Who Notes Done

Number the lines Fill the page with empty lines Hour-by-hour schedule Schedule from to Week starts First day (optional) Span Month

Step 3 · Look

Lines Tick marks Font Color Small “onlinelistmaker.com” line at the bottom

US Letter, half-inch margins. Print at Actual size (100%).

Nothing you type leaves this device unless you make an online list.

How to write a to-do list you’ll actually finish

A to-do list fails in two familiar ways: it gets so long that nothing on it feels urgent, or it fills up with things that aren’t really tasks. A few habits fix most of it.

Start each task with a verb. “Call the dentist about Thursday” gets done; “dentist” sits there for a week. If you can’t picture the first step, the item is a project. Write its first step instead.
Pick three. Put the three things that would make today a good day at the top (the daily to-do list has a Top 3 box). Everything else is a bonus.
Give the item a day, not just a list. A due date beside each task (turn on the Due column) turns a wish list into a plan.
Sort when it gets long. More than about fifteen items? Run them through the Eisenhower matrix: do the urgent-and-important ones, schedule the important ones, hand off or drop the rest.
Tick, don’t delete. Crossing things off is the reward. On the online list a ticked task drops to the bottom so the top is always what’s left.

Every kind of to-do list and checklist

Each opens the maker with its own layout. Everything prints free as a PDF.

ChecklistYour items with tick boxes, sections, 1 or 2 columns To-do listTasks with a Due column; online or printed Daily to-do listTop 3, tasks, hour-by-hour schedule, notes Weekly to-do listA box for each day + the week’s bigger jobs Eisenhower matrixDo first · Schedule · Delegate · Drop Daily checklist (week)Your routine × the days of the week Habit tracker (month)Habits × every day of the month Blank checklistNumbered tick lines to fill in by hand

Online to-do list or paper?

Use the online list when more than one person shares the work: a household’s weekend jobs, a team’s launch list, a trip two families are planning. Everyone opens the same link, ticks things off, and sees each other’s ticks as they happen. There are no accounts, so anyone with the link can edit; keep anything private off it.

Use paper when the list is yours alone and you want it in front of you all day. Writing things down by hand, and seeing the page fill with ticks, is half of why paper planners never went away.

Printing it so it looks right

Print at Actual size (100%). The PDF is a true US Letter page with half-inch margins, so it prints edge to edge on any home printer without “Fit to page.”
Ink saver. Choose Black and “Lines only” for the lightest page, or keep the color for a sheet on the fridge.
Make it last. Slip the page into a sheet protector and tick it with a dry-erase marker. Wipe it on Sunday and use it again.
Rather tick it on your phone? “Make it an online list” turns what you typed into a list you can check off on any device and share with one link.

Questions

Is this to-do list free?

Yes. The online list and the printable PDFs are free, with no account, no app and no watermark.

Can I share a to-do list with someone?

Yes. Make the online list and send its link. Anyone who opens it can add tasks and tick them off, and everyone sees the changes in real time on their own phone or computer.

Do I need an app?

No. The online list is a web page, so it works in any up-to-date browser on a phone, tablet or computer. You can add it to your home screen if you like.

Can I print my to-do list?

Yes. Type your tasks into the maker and download a PDF, or print a blank to-do list to fill in by hand. Daily, weekly, Eisenhower matrix and plain to-do list layouts are all here.

What is the best way to organize a to-do list?

Keep tasks small and start each with a verb, choose the three that matter most today, and add a due date. If the list is long, sort it with the Eisenhower matrix into do now, schedule, delegate and drop.

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