Use Smart Lists in Reminders on iPad
In the Reminders app, you can easily filter your items across lists using Smart Lists. You can create custom Smart Lists to automatically include items filtered by tags, dates, times, locations, flags, and priority. You can choose more than one tag (such as #gardening and #errands) and combine them with other filters.
![A Reminders screen showing a Smart List that contains all flagged items.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C0F05C38883A170CE6F4/6758C0F55C38883A170CE700/en_US/de83ffda3d82e6d5d0ee6a5f4ebf4f39.png)
Note: All Reminders features described in this guide are available when you use updated reminders. Some features aren’t available when using other accounts.
Automatically organize items using the default Smart Lists
Go to the Reminders app
on your iPad.
Tap
(above your lists), then tap Edit Lists.
Turn on or off the following Smart Lists:
Today: Items scheduled for today and overdue items
Scheduled: Items scheduled by date or time
All: All items across all your lists
Completed: Items with a checkmark
Assigned to Me: Items assigned to you in shared lists
Siri Suggestions: Suggested items detected in Mail and Messages
Flagged: Items with a flag
Make a custom Smart List
Go to the Reminders app
on your iPad.
Tap Add List, enter a name, choose a color and icon, then tap Make into Smart List.
Choose one or more filters, then choose to include items matching any or all of the selected filters. You can filter by tags, dates, locations, and more.
Convert a list to a Smart List
When you convert a list, its items are moved to the top level of the default list and tagged with the name of the Smart List.
Note: You can’t convert a shared list.
Go to the Reminders app
on your iPad.
View the list you want to convert.
Tap
, tap Show List Info, scroll to the bottom, then tap Convert to Smart List.