diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 84002fe..aacf21c 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ var defaultsettings =
 	password: "",
 	sync: false,
 	tagsinlists: true,
-	uselinkpopup: true,
-	autosorttodo: true
+	uselinkpopup: true
 };
 
 //builtin
@@ -208,10 +207,6 @@ var commands = [
 	shortcut: "ctrl+h",
 	action: searchandreplace
 },
-{
-	hint: "Sort todo.txt list",
-	action: sortcurrentastodo
-},
 {
 	hint: "Sort text",
 	action: sortselection
@@ -219,10 +214,6 @@ var commands = [
 {
 	hint: "Show backlinks",
 	action: backlinks
-},
-{
-	hint: "Remove completed tasks",
-	action: purgetodo
 }];
 
 var snippets = [
@@ -273,14 +264,6 @@ function genguid()
 	return crypto.randomUUID();
 }
 
-function purgetodo()
-{
-	if (currentistodo() && confirm("Remove completed tasks?"))
-	{
-		seteditorcontent(md.value.replace(/\nx .*/g, ""));
-	}
-}
-
 function seteditorcontent(content)
 {
 	md.value = content;
@@ -2096,19 +2079,9 @@ function rawline2html(line, index, options)
 		}
 	}
 
-	// todotxt
-	if (currentistodo())
+	if (line.startsWith("x "))
 	{
-		if (line.startsWith("x "))
-		{
-			line = "<span class='color-todo-complete'>" + line + "</span>";
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			line = line.replace(/(\(\w\))/g, "<span class='color-todo-priority'>$1</span>");
-			line = line.replace(/(@\w*)/g, "<span class='color-todo-project'>$1</span>");
-			line = line.replace(/(\s\+\w*)/g, "<span class='color-todo-context'>$1</span>");
-		}
+		line = "<span class='color-todo-complete'>" + line + "</span>";
 	}
 
 	// inline code
@@ -2296,59 +2269,11 @@ function searchandloadnote()
 	});
 }
 
-function currentistodo()
-{
-	return istodo(title.value, md.value);
-}
-
 function istodo(title, content)
 {
 	return title.includes("todo") || gettags(content).includes("todo");
 }
 
-function sorttodotxt(content)
-{
-	var hat = headerandtext(content);
-	var olditems = hat.text.split("\n");
-	var prio = [];
-	var std = [];
-	var done = [];
-	olditems.forEach(item =>
-	{
-		if (item)
-		{
-			if (item.startsWith("("))
-			{
-				item = item.substring(4);
-				var priority = String.fromCharCode(65 + prio.length);
-				prio.push(`(${priority}) ${item}`);
-			}
-			else if (item.startsWith("x "))
-			{
-				done.push(item);
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				std.push(item);
-			}
-		}
-	});
-
-	prio = prio.sort((a,b) => a.localeCompare(b));
-	done = done.sort((a,b) => a.localeCompare(b));
-	var all = prio.concat(std).concat(done);
-	return hat.header + all.join("\n");
-}
-
-function sortcurrentastodo()
-{
-	if (currentistodo())
-	{
-		var content = sorttodotxt(md.value);
-		seteditorcontent(content);
-	}
-}
-
 function searchandreplace()
 {
 	var oldvalue = prompt("Search:");
@@ -2874,11 +2799,6 @@ function loadnote(title)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (settings.autosorttodo && istodo(title, content))
-	{
-		content = sorttodotxt(content);
-	}
-
 	bind(item.title, content, item.pos);
 
 	if (!preview.hidden || (preview.hidden && (gettags(md.value).indexOf("preview") !== -1)))