Tasks
Set due dates and reminders
Learn how to schedule your tasks with due dates and get reminded at exactly the right time.
Setting a due date
- Open a task.
- Select the Due date field.
- Choose a date from the calendar, or pick one of the suggestions below it, such as Today, Tomorrow, an upcoming weekend day or Next Monday. In the mobile app, then tap Done.
- Select Save at the top of the task to keep the change. If you leave the task without saving, we ask whether to discard your changes.
When browsing, tasks are grouped by date so you can quickly see what is coming up. By default each task sits under its scheduled date, or its due date if it isn't scheduled, or its reminder date if it has neither. To group by due date alone, choose Due date under Sort by.
- Past — Before today, including overdue tasks.
- Today — Anything dated today.
- This week — Later this week.
- Soon — Within the next seven days, but after this week.
- Later — More than a week from now.
- Someday — No scheduled date, due date or reminder. (When sorted by Due date, any task without a due date.)
Adding a reminder
Reminders send you a notification so you never miss a task. Each task can have one reminder.
- Open a task.
- Select the Reminder field. In the mobile app, a sheet opens asking "When do you want to be reminded?"
- Under On this date, choose when to be reminded. Pick a day from the calendar or one of the suggestions below it, or choose Due date or Scheduled date to tie the reminder to one of the task's dates.
- Under Remind me at, choose a time.
- Select Done, then Save.
On mobile
A reminder on the due date can also go off before it. After choosing Due date, switch on Reminder before due date? and choose how many Days before, Weeks before or Months before.
On the web
In the web app, reminders show up as notifications from your browser, and only while Do Everything is open in a browser tab where you're logged in. A reminder that comes due while no tab is open isn't shown later. Select the notification to open its task.
Your browser asks whether Do Everything may show notifications the first time you set a reminder. Until you allow them, a banner at the top of the page reminds you: select Enable to be asked again or, if you blocked them, allow them for Do Everything in your browser's settings.
Settings → Notifications in the web app only changes what the mobile app sends to your phone, so it doesn't affect these reminders.
Quick time presets
Whichever date a reminder uses, you choose its time under Remind me at. Morning is selected for a new reminder, and you can pick from these presets:
- Morning — 8:00 AM
- Afternoon — 1:00 PM
- Evening — 6:00 PM
- Night — 9:00 PM
Or select Pick a time, at the start of the time options, to choose any time.
Snoozing a reminder
On mobile
When a reminder notification appears, you can snooze it for later. On Android, tap Snooze on the notification first to see these options:
- Remind me in an Hour — Reschedules the reminder to one hour from now.
- Remind me in 3 Hours — Reschedules the reminder to three hours from now.
- Remind me Tomorrow — Reschedules the reminder to 8:00 AM tomorrow.
On the web
This isn’t in the web app yet.
Start dates
A start date is different from a due date — it marks when you plan to begin working on a task. In the app, you set it by adding the task to your schedule, and planning uses it to place the task in a time-of-day slot.
- Open a task.
- Select Add to your schedule (once a task is scheduled, it shows Scheduled and Reschedule). Choose a day under On this date, then a time of day under During this time, such as Morning or Evening. Select Done, then Save.
On mobile
A reminder can follow either the due date or the scheduled date, depending on which makes more sense for your workflow. A reminder on the due date can go off days, weeks or months before it; a reminder on the scheduled date goes off on that day. If you remove the date a reminder follows, the reminder is removed too.
On the web
A reminder can follow either the due date or the scheduled date, depending on which makes more sense for your workflow, and goes off on that day at the time you chose. If you remove the date a reminder follows, clear the reminder as well, as it can't go off without that date.
Removing a due date or reminder
To remove a due date, select the Due date field, select Clear at the bottom of the calendar, then select Save. In the mobile app, this also removes a reminder set relative to the due date, and a schedule set to On due date. To remove a reminder, select the Reminder field, select Clear at the bottom, then select Save.
