Wunderlist
Microsoft bought a beloved cross-platform to-do app, rebuilt its best ideas inside Microsoft To Do and finally switched off Wunderlist syncing.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A formally released cloud task-management service created by Berlin company 6Wunderkinder.
People organised, shared and synchronised lists across phones, computers and the web.
Existence timeline
6Wunderkinder releases the cloud list app.
Sharing and synchronisation attract a large audience.
Wunderlist joins Microsoft's productivity group.
Microsoft To Do begins absorbing its ideas.
New Wunderlist sign-ups stop.
Cloud syncing and normal operation end.
Why it ended
Microsoft closed Wunderlist on 6 May 2020 after years of migration toward Microsoft To Do.
Last confirmed trace
Exports, app packages, support records and migrated To Do lists preserve user data and interface traces.
What it left behind
Wunderlist remains a textbook acquisition where a popular independent product became the design foundation for its successor.
How we classified it
The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.
Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.