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how to delete reminders

Help! The reminders app has become a nightmare. My iPhone at best syncs one reminder per day! I learned that my reminders have never been deleted. I have over 8600 completed reminders. If I try to show them so I can delete them, I get the spinning ball forever. Please, is there a way to delete them? I can't seem to get control of this.

Posted on Jan 8, 2020 11:56 AM

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Posted on Jan 8, 2020 2:14 PM

So as it progressed, I realized that each time I deleted (using the Delete command in the Edit menu), it only deleted a small number of the 8600 I wanted to delete. I repeated the delete command over and over getting anywhere from a few to a hundred deleted at a time. I got them all deleted. The good news is that I got rid of all the completed items. The bad news is that it didn't fix the iPhone Reminders app. It stubbornly doesn't keep up or catch up. Alas!

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Jan 8, 2020 2:14 PM in response to Stanley Taylor1

So as it progressed, I realized that each time I deleted (using the Delete command in the Edit menu), it only deleted a small number of the 8600 I wanted to delete. I repeated the delete command over and over getting anywhere from a few to a hundred deleted at a time. I got them all deleted. The good news is that I got rid of all the completed items. The bad news is that it didn't fix the iPhone Reminders app. It stubbornly doesn't keep up or catch up. Alas!

how to delete reminders

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