The status field represents stages in the task life cycle. You may deactivate tasks at any point, by changing their status to one of the following:

• Closed - The task is no longer relevant, for whatever reason. Maybe the task has been verified, or maybe the task has been completed and you don't wish to verify. You can close a task for any reason.
• Deferred - The task should be completed, but not at this time. The expectation is that the task will be reactivated at some point.
• Non-Issue - There is no need to do the task. Perhaps the task duplicates a task already in the system, or the task was entered in error.

Deactivated tasks can always be reactivated at any point.

If a task has been assigned to you, you can unassign it for any reason.

If a task has been completed, you can mark it as either Verified or NOT Completed.