How to use Templates in Reminders in iOS 16

Apple's Reminders app has a variety of useful features, and is a good way to save time and be more effective with the tool is making Templates. Here's how to setup, edit, and share them in iOS 16 and iOS 17.

Templates are great to utilize because they let you save the layout of a premade list and use it in the future. This is useful when creating packing lists, to-do lists, or reoccurring routines.

Here is how to save, edit, and share Templates in the Reminders app in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.

How to create a Template

Creating a Template is easy to do and is nearly the same process as creating a new reminders list. However, you need to create a list first before making a Template.

Here is how you create a Template from a pre-made list.

Open the Reminders app
Find the list you want to make a Template from
Click on the three dots in the upper right of the screen
Select "Save as Template"
Give the Template a name
Tap Save when done

Creating a Template

If you are creating a Template from a list that has completed tasks, you can decide if you want to add them to the Template as well.

Once created, it will then be saved to your Templates list that can be found in the Reminders app.

How to use a Template

Using the Templates in the Reminders app is easy to do, and is just like creating and using a new list. Here is how to use the Template you just made.

Open the Reminder app
Select "Add List" at the bottom right of the screen
Select iCloud
Select "Templates" from the top selections
Tap on one of the Templates you saved
Enter in the name you want to call the new list
Tap "Create"

Using Templates in the Reminders app

Once you create it, the Template will show up as a list at the bottom of the page. You can then go in and customize it further with new reminders and tasks.

How to access, edit, and delete your Templates

The Templates menu in the Reminders app is tucked away, but not hard to find. Here is how you access the Templates you made.

Open the Reminders app
Tap on the three dots above the Search bar
Tap on Templates

Accessing Templates in the Reminders app

If you are in a list that you made a Template from, there will be two overlapping squares in the menu bar. This is another way to access your Templates.

If there is a Template you made but don't want anymore, you can delete them from this menu. Here is how to edit your Templates list.

Tap Edit in the upper right of the screen
Find the Template you want to delete
Tap on the red button next to it
Tap the slide-out option that says "Delete Template"
Confirm you want to delete the Template
Tap Done in the upper right when finished

Deleting a Template

Once a Template is deleted, you cannot undo it. You have to recreate the Template to use it again.

Templates do not only have to be utilized by you, but you can also share them with other people.

Open the Reminders app
Tap on the three dots above the Search bar
Tap Templates
Find the Template you want to share
Tap on the "i" button next to it
Select Share Template
Decide how and where you want to share it

Sharing a Template

Once you share a Template, it will send as a list. The person you send it to will save it as that as well.

Stay reminded

Utilizing Templates in the Reminders app may not be the most revolutionary feature there is. However, it is convenient when you want to reuse the same layout from another list for a new one.

Templates are available in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura.