Use Reminders on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch

With the Reminders app on iOS and iPadOS, you can create reminders with subtasks and attachments, and set alerts based on time and location.

Before you begin

Create a reminder

Edit a reminder

View and recover recently deleted reminders

Create a reminder in the Calendar app

Receive a reminder while messaging someone

Create subtasks

Complete a reminder

Add a reminder with Siri

Add a reminder from another app

Learn more

Before you begin

Set up iCloud to keep your reminders updated across all your devices.

1. Open the Settings app.

2. Tap [your name].

3. Tap iCloud.

4. In the Saved to iCloud section, tap See All, then turn on Reminders.

Inside the Reminders app, you'll see all of your reminders on all of your Apple devices that are signed in to the same Apple Account. Find out how to update your iCloud reminders if needed.

Create a reminder

1. Open the Reminders app.

2. Tap + New Reminder, then type your reminder.

   

You can also add reminders to your most important to-do lists from the Reminders widget on your Home Screen. And in iOS 26, you can quickly create reminders from Control Centre or the Action button on iPhone. Add the Reminders control to Control Centre or assign Reminders to the Action Button on supported iPhones.

Create an urgent reminder

In iOS 26.2, you can mark a reminder as urgent and Reminders will schedule an alarm when that reminder is due. Alarms will activate even when your device is silenced or a Focus is on.

1. In a Reminders list, tap the reminder you want to mark as urgent.

2. Tap the Info button.

3. Under Date & Time, turn Urgent on. If Date and Time aren’t already set, they’ll default to the next hour.

Alarms for urgent reminders will only activate on the device that Find My uses as your location. If you don’t get the alarm for your urgent reminder on the right device:

• Go to Find My, then tap Me to find out which of your Apple devices is shared as your location. Find out how to share your location from a different device

• Make sure you allow Reminders to access alarms in the Settings app. In Settings, tap Apps. Then tap Reminders and turn on Alarms under Allow Reminders to Access.

Set a due date or time

Tap the Date and Time button to set a due date for the reminder. Choose from Today, Tomorrow, This Weekend, Next Week, or tap Custom to set your own day and time.

By default, reminders automatically use the time zone of your current location. In iOS 26, you can select a specific time zone to display and create reminders. To select a time zone:

1. Go to Settings app, and tap Apps.

2. Tap Reminders.

3. Tap Time Zone.

Add a location

Tap the Location button to assign a notification based on where you are. Select one of the options provided, or tap Custom to add your own location, choose whether you want to be notified when arriving or leaving, and set the perimeter of your reminder area.

To receive location-based reminders, make sure Location Services is turned on:

1. Open the Settings app, then tap Privacy & Security.

2. Tap Location Services.

3. Turn on Location Services.

Add a tag

Tap the Tag button to add a tag. Tags let you quickly and automatically organise reminders based on keywords. Find out more about using tags to organise your reminders.

Flag a reminder

Tap the Flag button to mark a reminder as extra important and make it appear in the Flagged smart list on the Reminders app main screen.

Add an attachment

Tap the Photos button to add an attachment to the reminder. You can take a new photo, choose an image from your photo library or scan a document.

Edit a reminder

Tap the Edit Details button to add even more details and customisations to your reminder, such as notes, a URL and a priority. You can also modify the reminder's notification settings and change the list it belongs to.

View and recover recently deleted reminders

1. In the Reminders app, scroll down and tap Recently Deleted.

2. Tap the More button, then tap Select Reminders.

3. Tap the reminders you want to recover.

4. Tap Move, then tap the list where you want to add the recovered reminders.

5. Tap Move.

You can view and recover recently deleted reminders for 30 days before they are permanently deleted.

Create a reminder in the Calendar app

In iOS 18 and later, your scheduled reminders now appear in the Calendar app alongside your events. In the Calendar app, tap Calendars at the bottom of the screen and select Scheduled Reminders.

You can also create Reminders from the Calendar app:

1. In the Calendar app, tap the + button at the top of the screen.

2. Tap Reminder.

3. Enter your Title and set the details of your reminder. Tap Date to choose a specific day, tap Time to choose a specific time or tap to view other options, such as Repeat or List.

4. Tap the Done button to create your reminder and have it appear in your Calendar.

   

Receive a reminder while messaging someone

1. Tap a reminder, then tap the Edit Details button.

2. Turn on When Messaging.

   

3. Tap Choose Person, then tap a name in your contacts.

The next time you chat with this person in Messages, a Reminders notification will appear.

Create subtasks

Every reminder that you create can have subtasks. For example, a reminder to pack for a trip can include a list of things that you don't want to forget.

You can create subtasks in a few different ways:

• Tap and hold a reminder, then drag it onto another reminder. The reminder that you dragged becomes a subtask of the other.

• Swipe right on a reminder, then tap Indent. The reminder becomes a subtask of the one above it. To undo this, swipe right again on the subtask and tap Outdent.

• Tap a reminder, then tap the Edit Details button. Tap Subtasks, tap Add Reminder, then type your subtask. Repeat for as many subtasks as you'd like to create.

• If you can't create subtasks, make sure you are using iCloud Reminders.

Complete a reminder

To mark a reminder as completed, tap the empty circle next to it. To see your completed reminders, tap the More button, then tap Show Completed.

To delete a reminder without marking it as completed, swipe left on it, then tap Delete.

If you receive a reminder notification on your Lock Screen, swipe left over the reminder. Tap View, then tap Mark as Completed.

Add a reminder with Siri

You can ask Siri to schedule a reminder for you on your iOS device or your Apple Watch.* Here are a few examples:

• "Remind me to feed the dog every day at 7.30 a.m."

• "Remind me when I get home to check the mail."

• "Remind me when I leave here to stop by the supermarket."

• "Remind me tomorrow at 3.00 p.m. to call Tara."

Add your home and work addresses to your card in Contacts to allow Siri to help you set location-based reminders. Open the Contacts app, then tap My Card. Tap Edit, add your work or home address, then tap Done.

Add a reminder from another app

To remind yourself to go back to another app — for example, to revisit a website or a map location — add a link in your reminder to where you left off. Open the app you want to come back to and look for the Share button. Then tap the Reminders icon.

And in iOS 26 when you view text or a page without the Reminders app open, Apple Intelligence can suggest reminders automatically.

Learn more

• Find out how to use lists and tags in the Reminders app to keep your reminders organised.

• Create grocery lists in the Reminders app to make it easier to shop.

• Share your Reminders lists and assign reminders to others in a shared list to split up tasks.

• Turn your notifications on or off for shared lists in Reminders.

• Create and use list templates in Reminders.