Since (I think) updating to IOS 15.0, the reminders app is working very slow. It takes a long time to open and show items and is very laggy. Siri seems slow since the update too.
Any idea what would be causing this?
Thank you.
iPhone SE, iOS 11
After having this issue for more than 2 years or something like that.. I finally fixed this problem, but you have to be willing to accept the fact that it will delete all your tasks! By starting all over, everything is fast and smooth again and sync will be immediately again.
You can fix the issue by going to Setting > Apple ID > iCloud > Manage Storage > Reminders > Delete Data... and confirm the Delete dialog. After that all your Reminders are gone from your devices, but when you put them back in it is finally snappy again!
Because there is no back-up method for Reminders, I made a "back-up" by making screenshots of all the lists I had. This way I remember what to put back into the Reminders app.
Hope this helps someone else!
After having this issue for more than 2 years or something like that.. I finally fixed this problem, but you have to be willing to accept the fact that it will delete all your tasks! By starting all over, everything is fast and smooth again and sync will be immediately again.
You can fix the issue by going to Setting > Apple ID > iCloud > Manage Storage > Reminders > Delete Data... and confirm the Delete dialog. After that all your Reminders are gone from your devices, but when you put them back in it is finally snappy again!
Because there is no back-up method for Reminders, I made a "back-up" by making screenshots of all the lists I had. This way I remember what to put back into the Reminders app.
Hope this helps someone else!
If you go to “all reminders “ you will see where you can delete —ALL PAST REMINDERS—- I did and that has made a HUGE difference in the speed/response of my reminders app .
You will have backed up before the update I hope.
Assuming you have iCloud reminders turned on...
Settings, your name, iCloud
Turn off reminders
Agree to delete from phone.
Restart phone
Go back to settings and turn iCloud Reminders back on.
make sure you have no VPN or security apps installed.
After that leave it a day then consider restoring phone and restoring from backup
Power off the phone and turn it back on.
Then start looking at your internet connection and also iCloud status in
https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/
Turning iCloud reminders off and back on works for me, thanks
Same problem. Deleting all old reminders seemed to help a little, but the delay is still pretty bad. To do that, go to Reminders, click the “All” box, and there is a button to clear - you get to choose timeframe (> 6 mo, >1 mo etc). In case you’re concerned, if you have recurring reminders, it only deletes the completed instances. Doesn’t impact the ones yet to come.
Same here.
Killing all processes/running apps, deleting several apps that I have no use for anymore, turning the phone off and rebooting it after 5 minutes did the trick for me.
Cannot tell how stable this is, but lets hope the best.
I did this and so far it’s worked. I didn’t lose any of my reminders, fortunately. The only thing I did differently was to force-close Reminders before restarting my phone.
I’m not a big fan of google, but their google keep app (on iOS) is a solid replacement for the reminders app. I’ll check back here to see if Apple addresses the issue. Until then I’ll “keep” using something else
This worked!!
How has apple not posted this as a possible solution or at least a “you might try…”
in celebration of this fix we should see who had the highest number of completed tasks!
Thank you. I've carried out those steps. Weirdly it has made only a bit difference, namely the lag to start up reminders has gone from 10 seconds to about 5.
Asking Siri to set a reminder (via voice) often doesn't work. I wonder if the problems are related?
If no joy soon I will consider the complete restore.
The same thing is happening to me as well. Weirdly, even the reminder notifications keep lagging. When I long tap the reminder notification to complete or extend it, after I select the option it just decides to stare back at me. Indefinitely. It does not even show the title of the notification after long tapping, it’s just a dark rectangle. And it is so annoying. And when I go back to the Notification Centre, the reminder notification just disappears.
I've been in the same boat for a while and finally decided to Google and see what I found. It takes forever for Siri to set a reminder and a lot of times there's an error. To mark a reminder complete, there is at least a ten-second delay. When I add new things manually, sometimes the time doesn't register and it just puts it at the top of the list. To edit a reminder takes a minute and to search for one takes a while as well. It's very annoying, especially because I rely so heavily on it.
Similar situation here. Reminders take so long to populate in the app and Siri tends to tell me something is wrong…no matter what network I’m on. Hoping for a solution soon as this really is a problem. Updates to the lates iOS this morning.
I live off of my reminders and this bug needs to be addressed. It sucks! I have an iPhone 11 Pro and am going to find a different reminders app bc the only use reminders has for me now is the ability to curse at my phone a lot
Reminders app slow
