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Delete multiple unchecked checklists

mivancik37
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July 23, 2026

Hey I use m Trello board for bike service orders and each part of a bike is devided into separate checklists to make it easier to find what you want to do. How Do I automate a Card button to 1st remove all unchecked items from every checklist  2nd Uncheck all the items from all checklists 3rd Mark the board as incomplete if everyting is selected image.png

I tried typing in all the checklists under each other but after saving it put them in one line with \n in between but it doesnt work

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Arkadiusz Wroblewski
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July 24, 2026

Hi and Welcome to Atlassian Community @mivancik37 

You’re running into trouble because Trello is reading your list of names as one giant text string. You don’t actually need to list them at all, just switch that dropdown to all the checklists instead.

Create a Card Button (Automation → Card buttons → Create button) with these three actions in this specific order:

Checklists: Remove all incomplete items from all checklists.

Checklists: Uncheck all items in all checklists.

Dates: Mark the card as incomplete.

Important: The order here is critical. If you uncheck them first, every item becomes "incomplete," and the next step will delete your entire list. Please test this on a dummy card first, as deleted checklist items cannot be recovered!

If you were actually trying to delete the entire empty checklist headers (the section titles themselves) rather than just the items inside them, let me know, that’s a different operation.

Best,

Arek 🤠

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