How to Set a Reminder on Your iPhone or iPad

Related: How to Sort Lists in the Reminders App

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1. Open the Reminders app.
   
   
    
2. Tap New Reminder in the lower-left corner.
   
   
    
3. Add a title to your reminder that tells you what you want to remember, such as "Pay rent."
   
   
    
4. Tap into the Notes section to add notes to your reminder. This is useful if you need some quick instructions or you just want to encourage your future self.
   
   
    
5. Tap List to add this new reminder to an existing list.
   
   
    
6. Select the list you want to add it to and you'll automatically be brought back to the New Reminder screen to continue with your reminder settings.
   
   
    
7. Tap Details to add Date, Time, Location, Priority and other customization options.
   
   
    
8. Tap the Date toggle if you'd like to be alerted on a specific day, and select a date using the calendar. 
   
   
    
9. Tap the Time toggle to set a specific time of day for the reminder to alert you.
   
   
    
10. Tap the Location toggle to set the reminder to go off at or near a specific location.
11. Within the Location section you'll see icons for several location-based alert options.
    
    
     
12. Tap the When Messaging toggle to set the reminder to go off next time you message a certain contact.
    
    
     
13. Tap the Flag toggle to flag the reminder as urgent. This also adds it to your Flagged reminders Smart List on the Reminders app main screen.
    
    
     
14. Tap on Priority to add a priority of Low, Medium, or High to the reminder.
    
    
     
15. Priority settings don't affect the reminder other than to add one, two, or three exclamation points to it for your own visual reminding, but it can be handy when sorting your Reminders lists by Priority.
    
    
     
16. Tap Add Image to add a photo to your reminder.
    
    
     
17. Tap URL to paste a web link into the reminder.
    
    
     
18. Tap Add in the upper-right corner to save your reminder.
    
    

Those are the many things you can do with Reminders on your iPhone or iPad! Now you can use the Apple Reminders app to create alerts and stay on top of your to-do list! Next, you may want to check out how to share a to-do list with another person so you can team up and get things done even more quickly, or learn more about location-based reminders, setting a reminder for the next time you message someone, or printing lists straight from the Reminders app.