The secret to effortlessly remembering everything? Have Todoist remind you.
Whether it’s the deadline for an important report or a friend’s birthday, just set a Todoist reminder and move on with your day. When it’s time, Todoist will send you a push notification or email about the task so you never miss a thing.
Setting up automatic reminders
When you set a due time for a task, Todoist automatically sets a reminder for you. For example, when you create a task for tomorrow at 4 PM, Todoist will automatically send you a reminder 30 minutes beforehand.
You can change your default reminder settings to choose how much time beforehand you want to receive the automatic reminder and whether you want it sent by push notification, desktop notification, or email:
- Click your avatar in the top-right corner of Todoist and select Settings.
- Click Reminders.
- Move the toggle to on next to the type of notification you’d like to receive:
- Desktop notification to get notifications via your operating system.
- Mobile notification to get notifications on your mobile device.
- Email to receive a reminder email on the address that you’ve added via Settings → Account.
- Select a relative time under the Automatic reminders drop-down.
- Click your avatar in the top-right corner of Todoist and select Settings.
- Click Reminders.
- Move the toggle to on next to the type of notification you’d like to receive:
- Desktop notification to get notifications via your operating system.
- Mobile notification to get notifications on your mobile device.
- Email to receive a reminder email on the address that you’ve added via Settings → Account.
- Select a relative time under the Automatic reminders drop-down.
- At the top-right of your Todoist, tap the gear icon.
- Tap Reminders.
- Tap Remind Me Via, select the type of notification you’d like to receive:
- Mobile Notification to get notifications on your mobile device.
- Desktop Notification to get notifications via your computer’s operating system.
- Email to receive a reminder email on the address that you’ve added via Settings → Account.
- (Optional) When you snooze a reminder on iOS, you can choose to be reminded again at a later time. Tap When snoozed… and select an interval from the list.
- Tap Automatic Reminders and select a relative time from the list.
- Swipe up the bottom app bar to open the menu.
- Tap the gear icon in the top right corner to open Settings.
- Select Reminders.
- Tap Remind Me Via, select the type of notification you’d like to receive:
- Mobile push notification to get notifications on your mobile device.
- Desktop push notification to get notifications via your computer’s operating system.
- Email to receive a reminder email on the address that you’ve added via Settings → Account.
- (Optional) When you snooze a reminder on Android, you can choose to be reminded again at a later time. Tap When snoozed… and select an interval from the list.
- Tap Send automatic reminders and select a relative time from the list.
- (Optional) Tap Pin reminders to prevent reminder notifications from being dismissed.
Setting up custom reminders
Set up custom reminders for any task, whether it has a due date and time or not:
- If you're adding a task, click the alarm clock icon at the bottom right. If you're editing an existing task, click Reminders in the right-hand side.
- Click on the clock icon to choose whether you want to create a Date and time-based or Location-based reminder. For existing tasks with a due time, you’ll see a third option — Before task — to set a reminder for a certain amount of time before your task is due.
- Depending on the option you chose in step 2, set the trigger for your reminder — type in the specific date and time, the location, or select the relative time before the task is due.
- (Optional) In shared projects, you can add a reminder for a specific collaborator. To do this, click your avatar icon next to the reminder's due time and select an assignee.
- Click Add reminder.
- Click Add Task (when creating a new task) or Save (when editing an existing task).
- If you're adding a task, tap the alarm clock icon. If you're editing a task, tap the Reminder chip.
- Choose whether you want to receive your reminder On a time and date or On a location. For existing tasks with a due time, you’ll see a third option — Before task — to set a reminder for a certain amount of time before your task is due.
- Depending on the option you chose in step 2, set the trigger for your reminder — select a specific date and time, the location, or the relative time before the task is due.
- (Optional) In shared projects, you can add a reminder for a specific collaborator. To do this select an assignee to notify when picking the due time for the reminder.
- Tap Done to save your reminder.
- If you're adding a task, tap the alarm clock icon. If you're editing a task, tap the Reminders chip.
- At the bottom left, tap the clock icon and choose whether you want to receive your reminder On a time and date or On a location. For existing tasks with a due time, you’ll see a third option — Before task — to set a reminder for a certain amount of time before your task is due.
- Depending on the option you chose in step 2, set the trigger for your reminder — select a specific date and time, the location, or the relative time before the task is due.
- (Optional) In shared projects, you can add a reminder for a specific collaborator. To do this, tap your avatar icon in the bottom-left corner and select an assignee.
- Tap the arrow icon to save your reminder.
FAQ
Which date and time formats are supported for creating reminders?
Any of the due dates and times that can be used to schedule your tasks also work for reminders.
Can I create a recurring reminder for my task?
Absolutely! Simply use any of the recurring due dates and times.
Can I get a default reminder for tasks without a due time?
No, simply because the default reminders are relative to the due time of a task.
On which devices can I receive location-based reminders?
Location-based reminders are only available for iOS or Android devices.
Is it possible to receive a location-based reminder email?
No, a location-based reminder will only show up as a push notification on the device that triggers it.
Do I have to do anything on my iOS device to receive location-based reminders?
On iOS, you may have to turn on Location-Based Alerts. Here's how:
- Open the Settings app on your iOS device.
- Tap Privacy & Security.
- Tap Location Services.
- Toggle on Location.
- Scroll down and tap System Services.
- Toggle on Location-Based Alerts.
Do I have to do anything on my Android device to receive location-based reminders?
On Android, location-based reminders are set up by default; no action is required.
Can I snooze a reminder?
Yes, but you can only snooze the reminders you receive on Android or iOS.
- On Android, simply tap Snooze on the reminder.
- On iOS, long press the reminder, then tap Snooze, and pick either Snooze for X minutes (Default), Snooze for 3 hours, or Snooze until 9 AM.
What is the default snooze time? How can I change it?
The default time for snoozing reminders on Android is 30 minutes, and on iOS it is 5 minutes. However, you can change this in your setting:
- Open Todoist on your Android or iOS device.
- Tap the gear icon in the top-right corner on iOS. On Android, swipe up the bottom app bar, and tap gear icon.
- Select Reminders.
- Tap When snoozed... to set a new default time for snoozing reminders.
Is there a way to sync the notifications between macOS and iOS?
Unfortunately, it's a known limitation, completing a task on one of the devices won't clear the notifications on another device. We're working on solving this in the future.
My device is running iOS 15 or above. If I use Apple’s Focus feature, will I still get reminders from Todoist?
All Todoist reminders, whether they are time or location based, are considered Time Sensitive notifications, so you should still receive these, even if you have Focus enabled on your iOS device.