Reminders app stuck on "Allow Alarms for Urgent Reminders" popup

I found this and it worked . I had the same issue and finally fixed it. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Display and Text > Larger Text. I turned off Larger Accessibility Sizes then slid the font size all the way down. Then reopened Reminders and could see the Dismiss option. Then I put my font sizes back where they were and everything seems to work now. Hope that helps!

itsizzi wrote:

I only have one other device, a macbook. I don't have it synced with my phone, nor have the "Find My" option enabled on it.

But do you have your phone registered as your location in the settings I quoted?

If you do then I don't know why the persistent popup is happening. You could go to iPhone, Settings, [tap your name], iCloud, see all, Reminders, unsync Reminders from iCloud and select to remove data from iPhone. Uninstall Reminders app Reinstall from App Store, and re-sync.

Go to settings, Display and Brightness then text size. Reduce it to a lower setting and you will be able to Dismiss this notification.

sbonkov wrote:

I finally fixed them on my phone.

Ensuring your current device is prioritized in Find My (Settings > [Your Name] > Find My > Devices)

Yes we covered that, but thanks.

Set "use this device for my location" on the device you want to set urgent reminders. In iPhone, Settings, [tap your name], Find My.

If you want to set urgent reminders on other devices then put in a feature request here https://apple.com/feedback

Jon-Tally wrote:

Is that on iPad or iPhone?

Don't take any notice of the reply by marredder138 designated by the forum AI as Top Ranking reply - it is wrong.

All you need to do is to designate your device, phone or ipad, as the device you want to use as your location in iPhone, Settings, [tap your name], Find my, then set urgent reminders only on that device. Trying to set urgent reminder on any other device will generate the peculiar pop up..

AI has not yet caught up with human knowledge of 26.2

I finally fixed them on my phone.

Ensuring your current device is prioritized in Find My (Settings > [Your Name] > Find My > Devices)

Thanks. I guess for mine I had to power off/on twice. Maybe I didn’t leave it off long enough the first time. Not sure. But seems to be fixed now. Funny how just having to “click” one extra thing can be annoying. First world probs. Blessings on your day and Merry Christmas.

Applehater777 wrote:

ios26.2 when I open reminders I get a popup "Allow Alarms for Urgent Reminders" that I cannot clear that blocks me from clearing reminders that I have. I have rebooted but the reminder keeps coming back. Notifications for reminders is OFF but still keep getting this annoying popup!

PLEASE!!!! NO MORE POPUPS!!!!!!!!

What is the fix

Have you tried to add an "urgent" reminder on a device that is NOT designated as your Find My location?

That sets up a request on your main Find My location device.

To prevent this, only set an urgent reminder on the phone that you use to indicate your location in Find MY

iPhone, Settings, [tap your name], Find My, My Location

Trying to set one on any other of your devices will throw up this demand

I found a solution to this problem. I tried many solutions in the settings to stop the annoying pop ups. Under the date and time buttons I simply unchecked the urgent button and the pop ups never came up when I clicked on my reminders. If a reminder is truly urgent you can simply set another reminder perhaps 5 or 10 minutes later or a short time before it to realize its urgency. The best thing to do is set your alarm clock just before the reminder but it’s best in my opinion to set your alarm clock a minute or so after the reminder. I you don’t hear the reminder the alarm is there for backup, but if you hear the reminder you can simply turn off the alarm which is usually louder than the reminder’s sound.

I don’t see where the option to change “additional notifications” is. Can you show a screenshot maybe? I just don’t see that option. I’ve turned all notifications for reminders that I see off, power off/on and still getting this maddening pop up. TIA!

sbonkov wrote:

Yes, after I wrote the post I saw that I had missed this in the topic.

You could set your forum default sort order to "Oldest" in your user preferences to follow the thread as it was posted.

I’m having the same issue. Did you ever figure out how to fix it??