diff --git a/src/todo.domain/Entities/TaskItem.cs b/src/todo.domain/Entities/TaskItem.cs
index 390657c..4a6fb2f 100644
--- a/src/todo.domain/Entities/TaskItem.cs
+++ b/src/todo.domain/Entities/TaskItem.cs
@@ -226,26 +226,41 @@ public ColoredString[] ToColorString(bool includeLineNumber, ITaskConfiguration
         string[] words = Description.Split(' ', '\t');
         foreach (string word in words)
         {
-            if(word.StartsWith("+"))
-                tokens.Add(new ColoredString($"{word} ", 
+            if (word.StartsWith('+'))
+            {
+                tokens.Add(new ColoredString($"{word} ",
                     config.ProjectColor?.Color ?? priorityColor?.Color,
                     config.ProjectColor?.BackgroundColor ?? priorityColor?.BackgroundColor));
-            else if (word.StartsWith("@"))
+            }
+            else if (word.StartsWith('@'))
+            {
                 tokens.Add(new ColoredString($"{word} ",
                     config.ContextColor?.Color ?? priorityColor?.Color,
                     config.ContextColor?.BackgroundColor ?? priorityColor?.BackgroundColor));
+            }
             else if (word.Contains(":"))
-                tokens.Add(new ColoredString($"{word} ",
-                    config.MetaColor?.Color ?? priorityColor?.Color,
-                    config.MetaColor?.BackgroundColor ?? priorityColor?.BackgroundColor));
+            {
+                if (DisplayMeta(word))
+                {
+                    tokens.Add(new ColoredString($"{word} ",
+                        config.MetaColor?.Color ?? priorityColor?.Color,
+                        config.MetaColor?.BackgroundColor ?? priorityColor?.BackgroundColor));
+                }
+            }
             else
+            {
                 tokens.Add(new ColoredString($"{word} ",
                     priorityColor?.Color,
                     priorityColor?.BackgroundColor));
+            }
         }
         return tokens.ToArray();
     }
 
+    // Do not display ID or Updated metadata
+    private static bool DisplayMeta(string meta) =>
+        !meta.ToLowerInvariant().StartsWith("id:") && !meta.ToLowerInvariant().StartsWith("updated:");
+
     public override bool Equals(object obj)
     {
         if(obj is TaskItem task)
diff --git a/src/todo/todo.csproj b/src/todo/todo.csproj
index 3118062..ae50a63 100644
--- a/src/todo/todo.csproj
+++ b/src/todo/todo.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/rprouse/dotnet-todo</PackageProjectUrl>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/rprouse/dotnet-todo</RepositoryUrl>
     <PackageId>dotnet-todo</PackageId>
-    <Version>0.6.0</Version>
+    <Version>0.6.1</Version>
     <PackAsTool>true</PackAsTool>
     <ToolCommandName>todo</ToolCommandName>
     <PackageOutputPath>./nupkg</PackageOutputPath>
diff --git a/tests/todo.tests/Domain/Entities/TaskItemTests.cs b/tests/todo.tests/Domain/Entities/TaskItemTests.cs
index af982e3..fb863af 100644
--- a/tests/todo.tests/Domain/Entities/TaskItemTests.cs
+++ b/tests/todo.tests/Domain/Entities/TaskItemTests.cs
@@ -199,5 +199,22 @@ public void TokenizesMeta(string line, int pos)
             result[pos].Color.Should().Be(ConsoleColor.DarkCyan);
             result[pos].BackgroundColor.Should().BeNull();
         }
+
+        [TestCase("id:1234 one two")]
+        [TestCase("one id:1234 two")]
+        [TestCase("one two id:1234")]
+        [TestCase("updated:1234 one two")]
+        [TestCase("one updated:1234 two")]
+        [TestCase("one two updated:1234")]
+        [TestCase("one two id:1234 updated:1234")]
+        [TestCase("one two Id:1234 Updated:1234")]
+        [TestCase("one two ID:1234 UPDATED:1234")]
+        public void DoesNotIncludeIdOrUpdatedMeta(string line)
+        {
+            var config = new TaskConfiguration();
+            var task = new TaskItem(line);
+            var result = task.ToColorString(false, config);
+            result.Should().HaveCount(2);
+        }
     }
 }