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# Smart Reminders

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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