> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: /help/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get reminders for tasks and habits > Get a notification at the start time, minutes to weeks before, or at a set time on the day. Set default reminders and see when and how they arrive. A reminder is a notification Heym shows you at a moment you choose: when a task or habit starts, some time before it, or at a set time on its day. This page covers adding reminders, the warning you see when one can't go off, default reminders, and how they reach you. ## Add a reminder to a task **1. Open the task** Click the task to open its details. **2. Click Reminders** Click **Empty** next to **Reminders** (if the task already has reminders, click next to them). A menu offers **At start**, **5 minutes before**, **10 minutes before**, **30 minutes before** and **1 hour before**. **3. Pick one, or type your own** Click a choice, or type something like `2h` or `2pm` and press **Enter**. The menu shows what your text means before you add it. ![A task's Reminders line with the reminder 15 minutes before already added. The number 2 is typed after it, and the menu below offers 2 minutes before, 2 hours before, 2 days before and 2 weeks before](https://mintcdn.com/heym/n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj/images/reminders/reminder-menu.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj\&q=85\&s=6050e1a3dece5ebffaf97e9bebf966a8) Typing a number offers it in minutes, hours, days and weeks The menu stays open, so you can add another reminder right away. To remove one, click the **×** on it, or press **Backspace** while nothing is typed to remove the last one. You can also add reminders in other places: * **New task window:** click the bell next to **Create**. * **While typing a task:** add `!30m` or `!9am` to the title. See [Type a task in one line](/help/quick-entry.md). * **Several tasks at once:** select them, press **⌘K** and choose **Set reminders…**. See [Keyboard shortcuts](/help/keyboard-shortcuts.md). ### What you can type | Type | Reminder | | - | - | | A number, such as `2` | Choose **2 minutes before**, **2 hours before**, **2 days before** or **2 weeks before** | | A number with a unit: `90m`, `2h`, `3d`, `1w`, or `45 minutes`, `2 hours` | That long before the start time | | A time: `2pm`, `9:30 am`, `14:00` | **On the day at** that time | | `start` or `0` | **At start** | A reminder can be up to 4 weeks before. A time without am or pm counts as 24-hour time, so `2:30` means 2:30 in the morning; type `2:30 pm` for the afternoon. Each task or habit can have up to 10 reminders. Once it has 10, the menu says **10 reminders max**. ## When a reminder can't go off **At start** and every "before" reminder count back from the task's start time. A task with a date but no start time (an all-day task) can only use **On the day at** a time. The menu doesn't list that choice: type a time such as `9am` to get **On the day at 9:00 AM**. A task without a date can't remind you at all yet. Heym still saves a reminder that can't go off yet, and marks it with a warning triangle. Point at the triangle to see what's missing: ![A task's details: Date November 5, 2026 with no start time, then Priority and Labels. Under Reminders, the reminder 30 minutes before has a warning triangle, and pointing at it shows Set a start time to receive this reminder](https://mintcdn.com/heym/n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj/images/reminders/reminder-warning.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj\&q=85\&s=c71abed9cdc02ce643fb94d2f7a95d7e) An all-day task with a reminder that counts back from a start time | Warning | What to do | | - | - | | **Set a start time to receive this reminder** | Give the task a start time, or type a time such as `9am` in the **Reminders** menu to get **On the day at 9:00 AM** instead. | | **Set a date to receive this reminder** | Give the task a date. | | **Set a date and start time to receive this reminder** | Add both. | | **Use an offset of less than a day to receive this reminder** | On a habit with a weekly, monthly or yearly target, choose a reminder less than a day before. | The warning goes away, and the reminder starts working, as soon as the task has what it needs. ## Set default reminders Heym can add a reminder for you, so you don't have to set one on every task. Click your name at the top of the sidebar, then **Settings** → **Notifications**. ![Settings, Notifications: switches for Notification emails, Task reminder notifications and Habit reminder notifications, then Default reminder for timed tasks and habits set to 5 minutes before, and Default reminder for all-day tasks and habits set to On the day at 9:00 AM](https://mintcdn.com/heym/n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj/images/reminders/notification-settings.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj\&q=85\&s=a3d11c5b759f85d1befbd2e26b591383) | Setting | Choices | Starts as | | - | - | - | | **Default reminder for timed tasks & habits** | **Off**, **At start**, 5, 10 or 30 minutes, 1 or 2 hours, 1 or 2 days, or 1 week before | **5 minutes before** | | **Default reminder for all-day tasks & habits** | **Off**, or a time on the day (pick one, or type it) | **On the day at 9:00 AM** | A task gets the timed default when it gets a start time, and the all-day default when it gets a date without one, but only if it has no reminders at that moment. So an all-day task that already has the all-day default keeps it when you give it a time (habits work differently, see below). Delete a default and it doesn't come back, unless the task loses its date or time and then gets it again. Changing a default doesn't touch tasks that already have their reminders. ## Reminders for habits Open a habit and click **Reminders**. It's the same menu as for tasks. "Before" reminders count back from the habit's time, which you set under **Schedule**. A habit without a time can use **On the day at** a time. A habit reminds you on every day it's scheduled, until you've done it that day. Days you mark as skipped or failed stay quiet too. A habit with a weekly, monthly or yearly target, such as 3 times a week, reminds you every day until you reach the target, and only takes reminders less than a day before. Archived habits don't remind you, and neither do habits that are read-only because they're over your Free plan limit (see [Free, Pro and Lifetime](/help/plans.md)). A new habit without a time gets your all-day default. The first time you give it a time, Heym swaps that default for your timed default, unless you changed the habit's reminders in the meantime. More on habits in [Habits](/help/habits.md). ## How reminders reach you > [tab] Web > > Reminders appear as notifications from your browser while Heym is open in a tab. The tab can be in the background. The first time you add a reminder, your browser asks whether Heym may show notifications: choose **Allow**. > > If you only use default reminders and never added one yourself, your browser hasn't asked yet. In **Settings** → **Notifications**, turn **Task reminder notifications** off and on again, then choose **Allow**. > [tab] Mac app > > Reminders appear as notifications from Heym while a Heym window is open, even in the background. Closing the window keeps Heym running in the Dock, but no reminders appear until you open a window again. A reminder that came due in the last 10 minutes still shows when you do. Older ones are skipped. A notification shows the task's name and when it starts, such as **Starts at 6:00 PM**, or **Due today** for an all-day task. A reminder days ahead names the day. Click the notification to open the task or habit. * **Heym was closed at that moment:** if you open it within 10 minutes, the reminder still appears. Later than that, it's skipped. * **Several tabs open:** you get one notification, not one per tab. * **Completed tasks** don't remind you. A repeating task reminds you for each occurrence. * **Shared tasks:** a reminder belongs to the task, so a reminder on a task in a shared life area, goal or project reaches everyone it's shared with. See [Share with others](/help/sharing.md). * **On or off per browser:** **Task reminder notifications** and **Habit reminder notifications** in **Settings** → **Notifications** apply only to the browser or Mac app where you set them. Heym doesn't send reminders by email or text message. If a reminder didn't appear, go through [My reminders don't show up](/help/reminders-not-showing.md). ## Emails Heym sends Heym emails you only for these: * Signing in. See [I can't sign in](/help/sign-in.md). * An invitation when someone shares a life area, goal or project with an email address that has no Heym account yet. If you already have an account, the invitation appears in the sidebar under **Shared** instead. See [Share with others](/help/sharing.md). * A task someone assigned to you. Turn these off with **Notification emails** in **Settings** → **Notifications**. * Deleting your account: a code to confirm it, and messages when the deletion is scheduled, canceled or done. See [Your account](/help/your-account.md). ## Related > [card] [Missing reminders](/help/reminders-not-showing.md) > > A checklist for reminders that didn't appear. > [card] [Habits](/help/habits.md) > > Schedules, targets and streaks. > [card] [Type a task in one line](/help/quick-entry.md) > > Add a reminder while you type the task. > [card] [Repeating tasks](/help/repeating-tasks.md) > > Tasks that come back on a schedule. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.