<p>Those are running tasks that Craft (and plugins) use to perform long running maintenance operations and an Import task got <a href="https://craftcms.com/support/stuck-tasks" rel="nofollow">stuck</a> causing the ones to come after it not to run.</p>

<p>Since you don't care about the Import task anymore, you can open the <code>craft_tasks</code> table in the database and delete the one for the Import task (probably the top row).  The next time you load the control panel, the remaining tasks should complete.</p>

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2016-10-04T21:11:28.573Z
You can also grab the [Task Manager](https://github.com/boboldehampsink/taskmanager) plugin, which allows you to kill tasks without editing the database directly.
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Brad Bell
<p>I installed Import.  I tried to run a test import and it froze.   Now the pop-up status that appears in Craft's menu - just below Settings - will not disappear.  </p>

<p>I even uninstalled the plugin.  But, the status notification is still in the menu.   It's driving me nuts.   </p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/mhglf.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/mhglf.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p><em>How do I get rid of it?</em>   At this point, I don't care about getting import to work or not. </p>

<p>(Oh, and there were no image transforms with the test import - it was only 21 lines of a simple css file.)</p>

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How do I hide notifications about running tasks?
# How do I hide notifications about running tasks?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-10-04)

I installed Import. I tried to run a test import and it froze. Now the pop-up status that appears in Craft's menu - just below Settings - will not disappear.

I even uninstalled the plugin. But, the status notification is still in the menu. It's driving me nuts.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/mhglf.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/mhglf.png)

*How do I get rid of it?* At this point, I don't care about getting import to work or not.

(Oh, and there were no image transforms with the test import - it was only 21 lines of a simple css file.)

**Tags:** tasks, plugin-import


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-10-04. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Those are running tasks that Craft (and plugins) use to perform long running maintenance operations and an Import task got [stuck](https://craftcms.com/support/stuck-tasks) causing the ones to come after it not to run.

Since you don't care about the Import task anymore, you can open the `craft_tasks` table in the database and delete the one for the Import task (probably the top row). The next time you load the control panel, the remaining tasks should complete.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: You can also grab the [Task Manager](https://github.com/boboldehampsink/taskmanager) plugin, which allows you to kill tasks without editing the database directly.  

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