Searching Reminders and Organizing Lists

In this lesson for Reminders on the iPhone we look at how you search your reminders as well as organize them into different lists in the Reminders app on your iPhone.

Searching your Reminders
To search your reminders, you need to be looking at all your lists. At the top of the first list is the search field, if you do not see this field, you need to pull down as if you are pulling down the lists to reveal Search. From here you just type in the term you are searching for and the Reminders app returns you with all the results. When you are looking at your results, you can also see which list the reminder is in.

Adding a List for Reminders
To add a list for Reminders, such as a Grocery list, you first need to be looking at all your lists. To see all your lists, tap on the ‘stack of lists’ at the bottom of your iPhone. When you are looking at all your lists, you’ll see ‘+’ in the upper right hand corner. When you tap on this, you’ll see a slider come up from the bottom where you can add a Reminder or List. Tap on List. From here you can name it, assign a color, and if you have multiple accounts, assign it or add it to a specific account.

Reordering Lists
To reorder or rearrange your lists, you just tap and hold on the list you want move. Once you do that, you can drag it where you want in your Reminders app.

Viewing your Scheduled Reminders
There is a special list created by the Reminders app that shows all your scheduled reminders. These are reminders that have dues dates on them. These scheduled reminders will always show in this list, even if they are in a different list.

Editing and Deleting a List
To edit a list, you first have to tap on it, then you tap on Edit in the upper right hand corner. From there you can change the name, color, and share it. To delete the list, tap on Delete List at the bottom. When you are finished, tap on Done.

Moving a Reminder from one List to another
To move a reminder from one list to another, you need to edit the reminder you want to move. When you have the reminder open, tap on the ‘i’ to the right of the reminder name. In this ‘information’ screen you’ll see List. Just tap on List to change the list your reminder is in. You can also swipe left on the Reminder and then tap on More to get to the information screen.

See this lesson in Action
If you want to see how this works in action, I show you how this all works in the video above.

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