How to Turn Off Reminder Notifications on an iPhone

Written by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: May 15, 2018 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to prevent the Reminders app from causing your phone to ring, vibrate, or send you push notifications.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:
Disabling All Reminder Notifications

1
Open your iPhone's Settings. Do so by tapping the grey gear icon on one of your Home screens (it might also be in a folder named "Utilities").
2
Tap Notifications. It's in the second group of options.

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3
Scroll to Reminders and select it.
4
Slide the Allow Notifications button left to the "Off" position. It should turn grey, and you should no longer receive notifications of any kind from the Reminders app.

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Method 2

Method 2 of 2:
Disabling Specific Reminders

1
Open your iPhone's settings. Do so by tapping the grey gear icon on one of your Home screens (it might also be in a folder named "Utilities").
2
Tap Notifications. It's in the second group of options.
3
Scroll to Reminders and select it.
4
Slide the Show in Notification Center button left to the "Off" position. Doing this will prevent reminders from showing up in your Notification Center log.
5
Select Sounds.
6
Scroll up to None and select it. Doing so disables sounds for your reminders.
7
Tap < Reminders. This is in the top left corner of your screen.
8
Slide the Badge App Icon button left to the "Off" position. This will keep the red-background numbers from appearing in the top right corner of the Reminders app icon.
9
Slide the Show on Lock Screen button left to the "Off" position. This ensures that reminder notifications won't appear on your screen when your phone is locked.
10
Select None under the "Alert Style When Unlocked" heading. With this option selected, you won't see a visual cue for your reminders.

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Warnings

Disabling reminder notifications may cause you to miss your scheduled reminders.

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This article was written by Jack Lloyd. Jack Lloyd is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. He has over two years of experience writing and editing technology-related articles. He is technology enthusiast and an English teacher. This article has been viewed 21,317 times.

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Updated: May 15, 2018

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Article SummaryX

1. Open your iPhone's Settings.
2. Tap Notifications in the second options group.
3. Scroll to Reminders and select it.
4. Slide the Allow Notifications button left to the Off position.

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