Reminders keyboard shortcuts for Mac
Create lists, schedule tasks, organize subtasks and review completed reminders.
Documentation reviewed 2026-11-05 · 6 task guides · Mac bindings and focus notes
What do you want to do?
Complete reminders and reveal completed tasks
Shift-Command-C marks a selected reminder complete or incomplete. Shift-Command-H shows or hides completed reminders, which is a viewing decision rather than a task-state change.
Steps, keys and context ↗Use Reminders flags without changing due dates
Shift-Command-F flags or unflags a reminder. Date shortcuts such as Command-T schedule it. A flag and a deadline represent different decisions.
Steps, keys and context ↗Create Reminders lists, items and sections on Mac
Command-N creates a reminder, Shift-Command-N creates a list, and Option-Command-N creates a section or column. Choose the intended organizational level first.
Steps, keys and context ↗Navigate pinned Reminders lists from the keyboard
Command plus a pinned-list number opens that list. Check View > Go To for the assigned numbers. Option-Command-S toggles the sidebar.
Steps, keys and context ↗Indent Reminders subtasks and control their visibility
Command-] indents a reminder and Command-[ outdents it. Command-E shows all subtasks; Shift-Command-E hides them.
Steps, keys and context ↗Set Reminders due today, tomorrow or next week
Command-T sets a reminder due today; Option-Command-T uses tomorrow. Command-K uses the weekend, and Option-Command-K uses next week.
Steps, keys and context ↗
Quick reference
Selected bindings from the linked task guides. Check the context before pressing a key: the focused control, app version and your custom settings can change what it does. This is a documentation reference, not an exhaustive live menu reading.
| Action | Keys | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Complete or reopen selected reminder | Shift-Command-C | Toggles the task state of the selected reminder. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
| Flag or unflag | Shift-Command-F | Changes the attention marker for the selected reminder. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
| New reminder or item | Command-N | Creates an action in the current Reminders context. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
| Go to pinned list | Command-[assigned list number] | Use the number shown in View > Go To; list names do not have universal fixed numbers. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
| Indent reminder | Command-] | Changes the selected reminder’s nesting level; inspect the parent relationship. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
| Due today | Command-T | Sets the selected reminder’s date to today. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
| Show or hide completed reminders | Shift-Command-H | Changes visibility of finished reminders; it does not change completion state. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
| Set selected reminder due today | Command-T | A date change; it is not the same as adding a flag. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
| New list | Shift-Command-N | Creates a list container rather than another task. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
| Toggle sidebar | Option-Command-S | Shows or hides list navigation so you can verify the destination. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
| Outdent reminder | Command-[ | Brings a nested reminder back toward the main list level. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
| Due tomorrow | Option-Command-T | Use for the next day; inspect the resulting date. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
| Set all overdue reminders due today | Control-Command-T | Broadly reschedules overdue work; review the scope before invoking it. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
| New section or column | Option-Command-N | Adds structure inside a list where that feature is available. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
| New reminder | Command-N | After navigating, creates an item in the current context; read the list heading first. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
| Show all subtasks | Command-E | Reveals nested work for review without changing the hierarchy. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
| Due this weekend | Command-K | Apple notes a day-before-weekend exception that can choose next weekend. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
| Section from selection | Control-Command-N | Creates a section or column with the current selection; inspect the resulting grouping. Source ↗Read the task guide → |
When a shortcut behaves differently
- Confirm you are using the Mac binding, and check whether the guide describes a desktop app or its web version.
- Put focus in the control named in the guide. Editing text, selecting an object and navigating a sidebar can use different keys.
- Look up the command in the app's menu or shortcut settings. Customized keys and non-US keyboard layouts can differ from documented defaults.
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Official sources
- Keyboard shortcuts in Reminders on Mac — Apple Support — checked 2026-11-04
- Add or change reminders on Mac — Apple Support — checked 2026-11-04