Reminders App / List Type missing

My device is on English (UK) and is updated to 17.1.2. I only managed to 'fix' this last night.

I just saw on an apple article that it has to be an iCloud email, any other email won't work.

In settings I went to --> iCloud (by clicking Apple ID on top), then I clicked on iCloud again, then in the section " Apps using icloud" I clicked "show all", and enabled the on switch for Reminders.. Hope this helps.

So is mine. 13 Mini too. I realized that if you chance language to English, reminders enables "list Type". It's not my country language, but it works. Once you get back to original language, it goes away. No need to change region, language only in device settings. I have an appointment call tonight with support.

Device language or app language? I ask because when I change, it enables. Did you try to change language to any other than english?

Look mine in the pictures. One is set brazilian portuguese, it only appears "Filtro" (filters), and the other picture is list type enabled so I can set groceries list, when in english.

Was in the same boat - tried basically everything. I finally changed "Preferred languages" in Language & Regions - basically removed my language as the first option (only English stayed). This enabled me to see the list type selection menu but it comes with caveats - weekday name in English and other stuff I'm not used to seeing.

It's definitely buggy! Although app language can be set separately as well through Settings (it was English already before), changing the language there did not change anything about seeing the list type selection.

I read one article by Apple itself that has to be icloud enabled in settings, but not a icloud mail. I think It is not an e-mail related, then when I switch language to English or Spanish it shouldn1t work, because e-mail keeps the same. And I didn't change region, language only. When in english, or spanish it works perfectly, as long as icloud is set to sync reminders. When language is in portuguese, or sweden, or another one than english and few others, it doesn't work, at least for me and few others users. Try to switch your language to portuguese-Brazilian and verify if reminders work with grocery list. Doesn't need to change region, language only, if possible for you to do that.

Hi,

I am on an unsupported language as well. In my case I found a workaround.

• Go to settings and change the language to English
• Go to reminders app and create a section that is a shopping list
• Save it as a template
• Return to settings and set to your own language
• Go to the reminders app and create a new section based on the saved template.

Now for me the list behaves as a shopping list except for the classification of products, but I don’t mind.

I found the solution! Open Settings > Reminders > Accounts and make sure that only your iCloud account is turned on for Reminders. Close out and reopen Reminders app and after a minute in the app it will prompt you to update and you will have the features.

Emilyxja wrote:

I found the solution! Open Settings > Reminders > Accounts and make sure that only your iCloud account is turned on for Reminders. Close out and reopen Reminders app and after a minute in the app it will prompt you to update and you will have the features.

You mean like I suggested in this very thread last September?

What account are your reminders synced to? Settings>Reminders>Accounts. If it's anything other than iCloud, there are a number of features you won't have.

ono88 wrote:

I am curious when they are going to fix this. I use the phone in my native language (Hungarian) and it doesn't work. It works though if I pick English under Language and Region.

No one here in this user-to-user forum would know Apple's plans for the future. You can let them know what you'd like to see here:

Product Feedback - Apple

I am curious when they are going to fix this. I use the phone in my native language (Hungarian) and it doesn't work. It works though if I pick English under Language and Region.

On the mac page for this feature (Create grocery lists in Reminders on Mac - Apple Support (JO)) it says “Note: Automatic categorization of groceries isn’t available for all languages.”

Strangely it does not say the same thing on the corresponding ios page neither is the feature listed as country specific on the availability pages.

Same with me. I connected it to iCloud (from settings), then on the reminderapp it asks you to update the app. Once you update you’ll get the smart list options.

Mine is iCloud. And it's checked for syncing. I have deleted and reinstalled the app, I have restarted device, I have try to creat new lists. It just doesn't work. I think it's related to some bug. When changed to english, it appears (list type).

That's a bug, unfortunately. I haven't gotten my feedback from their support yet, but it's a bug that prevents from working in non-Englishnguages. There aren't restrictions, this function must work in every region and language, support confirmed that for me.