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, or use the More actions menu to set reminders for 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
- Type /remind in the message field to select it from the shortcuts menu.
- In the message field, enter the details of your reminder following this format: /remind [yourself or #channel] [what] [when].
- Send your message to schedule the reminder.
- From a channel or DM, tap the message field.
- In the message field, enter the details of your reminder following this format: /remind [yourself or #channel] [what] [when].
- Send your message to schedule the reminder.
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 or file
Desktop
Mobile
- Hover over a message or file.
- Click the three dots icon in the top-right corner of the message.
- Hover over Remind me about this.
- Choose a time frame from the list or select Custom to set your own.
- Tap and hold a message or file.
- Tap Remind me.
- Choose a time frame from the list or select Custom to set your own.
Remind yourself about a date in a canvas
When you mention a date in a canvas, you can set a reminder to be notified when that date is approaching.
- In any canvas, start typing a date. You can write it as a day ("tomorrow" or "Tuesday"), a date (31st December) or in day-month-year (/31/12/2024) format.
- Select the date to add it to the canvas.
- Hover over the date, then select Add reminder.
- Choose a time frame from the list, or select Custom time... to set your own.
- Click on Save.
Reminders set for messages, files and dates in a canvas will be saved in your Later view. From the In progress tab, you can adjust the time frame for reminders, mark them as complete, or archive them.
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:
- From your desktop, click on your profile picture in the top right.
- Select Preferences from the menu.
- Under Set a default time for reminder notifications, select an option from the drop-down menu.
Manage reminders
View and delete your reminders
For personal reminders, and reminders about messages and files, click Later at the top of your sidebar to view them alongside the rest of your saved items. To delete a reminder from Later, click the three dots icon, then select Delete reminder or Remove from Later.
Tip: You can filter upcoming reminders to focus on what's due first. Click the Filter icon, then uncheck Show upcoming reminders.
View and delete Slackbot reminders
Reminders that you set for a channel or that repeat don’t appear in Later. Instead, Slackbot will send a reminder message to you or the channel. To view and delete these reminders, type /remind list in the message field, then send the message to any conversation. To delete channel reminders set by someone else, send /remind list in the channel where the reminder occurs.
Dismiss reminders
From Later, you can mark a reminder as complete or delete it. If you need a little more time, you can also edit the reminder’s due date, or snooze it for an hour, three hours, or until the next day.
Marking a reminder Complete from the In progress tab will dismiss the reminder and move the item to the Completed tab.
Note: It's not possible to mark recurring reminders as complete, but you can delete them.
- All members, but guests can only set reminders for themselves
- Available on all subscriptions