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iPad User Guide

Add details in Reminders on iPad

You can add details to your reminders such as notes, links, due dates, and photos.

Note: All Reminders features described in this guide are available when you use updated reminders in iCloud. Some features aren’t available when using other accounts.

👁 The Reminders app showing a list with photos in each reminder.

Add a note, URL, and other details to a reminder

  1. Go to the Reminders app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap an item.

  3. Tap Add Note, then add more information.

  4. Tap 👁 the Edit Details button
    to edit the item details. For example, you can set a date and time, set a location-based reminder, flag an important item, or attach a photo.

Set when and where to be reminded

You can be reminded on a certain date, at a specific time or location, or when you’re texting someone in Messages.

  1. Go to the Reminders app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap an item, then do any of the following:

    • Schedule a date and time: Tap 👁 the Date and Time button
      ,       then choose an option.

      Tip: Reminders with a due date appear as an all-day event in Calendar. See Use Reminders in Calendar.

    • Mark a reminder as urgent: Tap 👁 the Edit Details button
      ,       then turn on Urgent to get an alarm when the reminder is due. If Date and Time aren’t already set, they default to the next hour. You can edit Date and Time to change when the alarm activates.

    • Set a recurring reminder: Tap 👁 the Edit Details button
      ,       turn on Date or Time, tap Repeat, then choose the frequency.

    • Get an early reminder before the scheduled date and time: Tap 👁 the Edit Details button
      ,       tap Early Reminder, then choose when you want to be reminded. For example, “5 minutes before,” “2 days before,” or another choice.

    • Add a location: Tap 👁 the Location button
      ,       then choose where you want to be reminded—for example, when you arrive home or get into a car with a Bluetooth® connection to your iPad.

      Note: To receive location-based reminders, you must allow Reminders to use your precise location. Go to Settings 👁 Image
       > Privacy & Security > Location Services. Turn on Location Services, tap Reminders, choose While Using the App, then turn on Precise Location.

    • Get a reminder in Messages: Tap 👁 the Edit Details button
      ,       turn on When Messaging, then choose someone from your contacts list. The reminder appears the next time you chat with that person in Messages.

  3. Tap 👁 the Done button
    .

Set a flag and priority

  1. Go to the Reminders app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap an item.

  3. Do any of the following:

Add a photo or scan a document

  1. Go to the Reminders app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap an item, then tap 👁 the Edit Details button
    .

  3. Tap Add Image, then do any of the following:

    • Take a new photo.

    • Scan a document.

    • Choose a photo from your photo library.

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