What is happening to my iOS reminders?

July 21, 2023 6:35 PM

"Hey Siri, remind me that..." "Okay, I've set a reminder." And I open the reminder app and confirm it's there. A short time later, it's not there. What is happening and how do I fix it?

The reminder could be days/hours away. I visually confirm that the setting is correct. It's in the Reminder app and (sometimes) in the third party apps that tap into the reminder app (Any.do, TickTick). Then, the next time I open any of these apps, including Reminders, it is blank of any upcoming reminders. Doesn't matter if I wait 5 minutes or 2 hours. They're gone and never come back. Help?

posted by dobbs to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

Best answer: Bad iCloud sync?
posted by crazy with stars at 7:58 PM on July 21, 2023 [1 favorite]

To follow up on the iCloud idea a bit, what other devices do you have connected to your Apple ID? I'm guessing you may have a mac or other device which is causing issues.
posted by Alensin at 3:51 AM on July 22, 2023 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: I deleted the iCloud connection and reconnected it and it seems to be working fine now. Thanks!
posted by dobbs at 12:50 PM on July 22, 2023 [3 favorites]

I had a sort of similar problem recently with Reminders not being shown to me when they were due. With some research I found there's a Setting for turning Reminders notifications on/off and it kept resetting to off. It took an iOS update to fix the problem.
posted by neuron at 3:22 PM on July 24, 2023