diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 46dd34c..488dc46 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"id": "vikunja-sync",
 	"name": "Vikunja Sync",
-	"version": "1.0.15",
+	"version": "1.0.16",
 	"minAppVersion": "0.15.0",
 	"description": "Integrates Vikunja.",
 	"author": "Peter Heiss",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f869f47..72d2aa5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "obsidian-vikunja-plugin",
-	"version": "1.0.15",
+	"version": "1.0.16",
 	"description": "This is a sample plugin for Obsidian (https://obsidian.md)",
 	"main": "main.js",
 	"scripts": {
diff --git a/src/processing/removeTasks.ts b/src/processing/removeTasks.ts
index c8f2052..1cf9968 100644
--- a/src/processing/removeTasks.ts
+++ b/src/processing/removeTasks.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ class RemoveTasks implements IAutomatonSteps {
 	}
 
 	async step(localTasks: PluginTask[], vikunjaTasksBeforeDeletion: ModelsTask[]): Promise<StepsOutput> {
+		if (!this.plugin.settings.removeTasks) {
+			return {localTasks, vikunjaTasks: vikunjaTasksBeforeDeletion};
+		}
+
 		const vikunjaTasks = await this.removeTasksInVikunja(localTasks, vikunjaTasksBeforeDeletion);
 		//const localTasks = await this.removeTasksInVault(localTasksBeforeDeletion, vikunjaTasksBeforeDeletion);
 		return {localTasks, vikunjaTasks};
diff --git a/src/settings/mainSetting.ts b/src/settings/mainSetting.ts
index 6e66e02..a46f0f0 100644
--- a/src/settings/mainSetting.ts
+++ b/src/settings/mainSetting.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export interface VikunjaPluginSettings {
 	backendToFindTasks: backendToFindTasks,
 	debugging: boolean,
 	removeLabelsIfInVaultNotUsed: boolean,
+	removeTasks: boolean,
 	removeTasksOnlyInDefaultProject: boolean,
 	enableCron: boolean,
 	cronInterval: number,
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: VikunjaPluginSettings = {
 	backendToFindTasks: backendToFindTasks.Dataview,
 	debugging: false,
 	removeLabelsIfInVaultNotUsed: false,
+	removeTasks: false,
 	removeTasksOnlyInDefaultProject: true,
 	enableCron: false,
 	cronInterval: 500,
@@ -544,16 +546,31 @@ export class MainSetting extends PluginSettingTab {
 					}));
 
 		new Setting(containerEl)
-			.setName("Remove tasks only in default project")
-			.setDesc("If enabled, only tasks in the default project will be removed when ID not found in Vault. Otherwise, all tasks will be removed nevertheless the configured project.")
+			.setName("Remove tasks if not found in vault")
+			.setDesc("If tasks not found in the vault, they will be deleted in Vikunja. Mostly, because you delete them. Very helpful, if you only create tasks through Obsidian.")
 			.addToggle(toggle =>
 				toggle
-					.setValue(this.plugin.settings.removeTasksOnlyInDefaultProject)
+					.setValue(this.plugin.settings.removeTasks)
 					.onChange(async (value: boolean) => {
-						this.plugin.settings.removeTasksOnlyInDefaultProject = value;
+						this.plugin.settings.removeTasks = value;
 						await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+						this.display();
 					}));
 
+		if (this.plugin.settings.removeTasks) {
+
+			new Setting(containerEl)
+				.setName("Remove tasks only in default project")
+				.setDesc("If enabled, only tasks in the default project will be removed when ID not found in Vault. Otherwise, all tasks will be removed nevertheless the configured project.")
+				.addToggle(toggle =>
+					toggle
+						.setValue(this.plugin.settings.removeTasksOnlyInDefaultProject)
+						.onChange(async (value: boolean) => {
+							this.plugin.settings.removeTasksOnlyInDefaultProject = value;
+							await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+						}));
+		}
+
 		if (this.projects.length === 0) {
 			new Setting(containerEl)
 				.setName("Loading projects...")
diff --git a/versions.json b/versions.json
index 4541379..8aa0ad6 100644
--- a/versions.json
+++ b/versions.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"1.0.13": "0.15.0",
 	"1.0.14": "0.15.0",
-	"1.0.15": "0.15.0"
+	"1.0.15": "0.15.0",
+	"1.0.16": "0.15.0"
 }
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