Learn how to set up repeating reminders on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to get reminded of tasks you do over and over.
Reminders are useful when you want to make sure you don’t forget something, and all too often, you need a reminder for the same thing more than once at different intervals.
Whether you need a repeating notification each month to remind you to keep up with your car payment or credit card bill or a weekly reminder to take out the trash, repeating reminders are very useful.
They come in handy because you don’t have to set up more than one reminder. You can just set it up one time, and it’s going to notify you on a recurring basis, depending on the interval you set.
Note that adding a repeating reminder on one of your Apple devices will automatically sync to all your other Apple devices.
iPhone and iPad
- Open the Reminders app on your iPhone or iPad, go inside a list, and tap New Reminder to create a new entry.
- Type the reminder name and hit the info button ⓘ next to it.
- Enable the toggle for either Date and Time or both and set them per your need.
- After that, tap the Repeat option and pick the repeat interval you want, such as Daily, Weekdays, Weekends, Weekly, Biweekly, Monthly, Every 3 Months, Every 6 Months, or Yearly. You can also set up a Custom duration.
- Now, you can leave End Repeat to Never or set it to end on a chosen date. Finally, tap Done to save your repeating reminder.
Mac
- Launch the Reminders app on your Mac, select a list, and create a new reminder by clicking the plus button from the top right.
- Hover your mouse over the reminder, and then click the info button ⓘ.
- Check the box for On a Day to pick a date and time.
- After that, click the drop-down menu next to the repeat label. Select the interval at which you want the reminder to repeat itself. You can choose between Daily, Weekdays, Weekends, Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly, Every 3 Months, Every 6 Months, or Yearly. You can also set up a Custom interval.
- Optionally: You can set “end repeat” on date or choose never.
- When happy with the selection, click an empty area in the Reminder app to save the repeating reminder.
You’re all done, and now this reminder should go off every day, week, month, or year (depending on how you have it set) to remind you of your event.
Cool huh?
Setting repeating reminders using Siri
If you’re using an iOS device, you can also use Siri to make things easier. Just say something like, “Remind me every Sunday to deposit my paycheck,” and Siri will set up a weekly reminder to do just that.
Repeat reminders allow you to get notifications about something that will reoccur over and over again without having to set up more than one reminder. Because life is sometimes distracting and unpredictable, it’s great to have this feature to ensure you never forget what’s important to remember.
What would you use repeat reminders for? Share in the comments!
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