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# Smart Reminders

Set default reminder settings and never miss a deadline

Smart Reminders let MangoApps do the work of not just reminding you, but also the upfront work of setting up the reminders for your events, tasks and approval requests.

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From your screen, click on the **Gear** icon and select **Change My Settings**.

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From the left-hand side menu, click on **Smart Reminders**.

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Here, you can configure your default reminder settings.

1. **Events**: Enable being reminded before the start of an event. You can select between 10, 15, 30, and 60 minutes.
2. **Tasks:** Enable being reminded before the due date of a task. You can select from: 1, 3, 7, 10, and 30 days before the due date. You can also set the time the reminder is sent.
3. **Project and Group Join Requests:** Enable being reminded if you haven't accepted or rejects a join request. You can be reminded 1, 3, 7, 10, or 30 days after a request is sent. You can also set the time the reminder is sent.
4. **Approvals:** Enable being reminded if you haven''t accepted or rejected an approval request. You can be reminded 1, 3, 7, 10, or 30 days after a request has been sent. You can also set the time the reminder is sent.
5. **Story Collection:** Enable being reminded 1, 3, 7, 10, 14, or 30 days before a story collection expiration date. You can also set the time the reminder is sent. You can have multiple reminders for the Story Collections
6. **To Dos:** Enable being reminded 1, 3, 7, 10, 14, or 30 days before or after a To Do closes. You can also set the time the reminder is sent. You can have multiple reminders for the To Dos.&#x20;
7. **Ballots:** Enable being reminded 1, 3, 7, 10, 14, or 30 days before or after a ballot closes You can also set the time the reminder is sent. You can have multiple reminders for ballots.
8. **File Retention:** Enable being reminded 60, 30, or 7 days before a file will be deleted. You can also set the time the reminder is sent. You can have multiple reminders for File Retention.
9. **Trackers:** Enable being reminded 1, 3, 7, 10, 14, or 30 days before or after a specified date on the tracker. You can also set the time the reminder is sent.
10. **Receive All Your Reminder Notifications**:
    1. Web Browser
    2. Mobile App
    3. Desktop/Mac App
    4. Email
11. Click on **Save Settings** to save your selections.

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