Set a reminder

Set reminders in Slack to help you remember to do certain tasks. Use the shortcuts menu to set reminders for yourself or for a channel. You can also set reminders from specific messages that you’d like to come back to later.

Note: You can create reminders in your preferred language, but we recommend using the American English date and time format. Make sure that you consider the time zones of everyone who will be notified when setting reminders in a channel.

 

Set a reminder

Desktop

Mobile

  1. Type /remind in the message field to select it from the  shortcuts menu.
  2. In the message field, enter the details of your reminder following this format: /remind [yourself or #channel] [what] [when].
  3. Send your message to schedule the reminder. Slackbot will post a message to the channel that you specified.
  1. From a channel or DM, tap the message field.
  2. In the message field, enter the details of your reminder following this format: /remind [yourself or #channel] [what] [when].
  3. Send your message to schedule the reminder. Slackbot will post a message to the channel that you specified.


Example reminder formats

  Command [yourself or #channel] [what] [when]
To remind yourself /remind me Update presentation In ten minutes
To remind a channel  /remind #team-design Join the weekly meeting Every Tuesday

Note: You can set reminders for yourself or a channel, but not for someone else. You can also set reminders to repeat by the day (e.g. every Monday) but not in time increments (e.g. every hour).


Remind yourself about a message

Desktop

Mobile

  1. Hover over a message.
  2. Click the  three dots icon in the top-right corner of the message.
  3. Hover over Remind me about this.
  4. Choose a timeframe from the list, or select Custom to set your own.
  1. Tap and hold a message.
  2. Tap Remind me.
  3. Choose a timeframe from the list, or select Custom to set your own.

Reminders will be stored in your  Later view. From the In progress tab, you can adjust the time frame, mark a reminder as complete or archive it.


Set your default reminder time

By default, any reminders for a day (such as ‘tomorrow’ or ‘every Tuesday’) will be delivered at 09:00 in your time zone. If you like, you can adjust this:

  1. From your desktop, click on your profile picture in the top right.
  2. Select Preferences from the menu to open your notification preferences.
  3. Under Set a default time for reminder notifications, click on the drop-down menu and select an option.


Manage reminders

View a list of reminders

Type /remind list in the message field and send the message to view a list of your upcoming, past and incomplete reminders. To view and manage reminders for a particular channel, type /remind list in the message field and send the message in that channel.

Click  Later at the top of your sidebar to view reminders that you’ve set for yourself along with the rest of your saved items

Dismiss reminders

From your list of reminders or from a reminder message from Slackbot, you can mark a reminder as complete, delete it or snooze it for 20 minutes, an hour or until the next day. Marking a reminder as completed from the In progress tab will dismiss the reminder and move the message to the Completed tab.

Note: It's not possible to mark recurring reminders as complete, but you can delete them.

Who can use this feature?
  • All members, but guests can only set reminders for themselves
  • Available on all subscriptions