# How to complete a reminder from the NotchStar notch

> Click the circle beside a reminder on Home or Calendar to mark it done. NotchStar saves it back to the Reminders app and removes it from the list.

Canonical: https://www.notchstar.com/help/complete-reminders-from-the-notch/
Last updated: 2026-11-04

Published 2026-11-04.

To complete a reminder, hover over the notch, find it in the Reminders column on Home or Calendar and click the circle beside it. NotchStar marks it complete in the Reminders app and removes it from the list.

## Steps

1. Open the notch. Home shows up to two reminders. Calendar shows up to four.
2. Click the circle or the title of the reminder. The whole row is one button.
3. The reminder disappears from the list. Open the Reminders app and it is ticked there too.

## What you can and cannot do

- You can complete a reminder. NotchStar saves the change back through macOS, so it syncs wherever your Reminders sync.
- You cannot undo it from the notch. Open the Reminders app and untick it.
- You cannot add, rename or reschedule a reminder.

## Which reminders appear

NotchStar asks macOS for incomplete reminders with a due date up to the end of tomorrow, overdue ones included. A reminder due later than that is not listed. If one you expect is missing, check that [reminders access is on](https://www.notchstar.com/help/notchstar-calendar-access-denied/). With reminders access off the column stays empty and reads "All done".

For the first time permission, read [how to allow calendar and reminders access](https://www.notchstar.com/help/allow-calendar-reminders-access-notchstar/). Other cases are on the [Calendar and Reminders page](https://www.notchstar.com/features/calendar-reminders/) and in [why no events show](https://www.notchstar.com/help/notchstar-calendar-shows-no-events/).

## Quick answers.

### Can I add a reminder from the notch?

No. NotchStar can show reminders and mark them complete. It cannot create them.

## Keep reading.

- [Your day, at a glance, in the notch](https://www.notchstar.com/features/calendar-reminders/): See your next events and due reminders in the notch, with calendar colours and one tap completion. Uses the accounts already in your Mac.
- [NotchStar says it needs calendar access: how to fix it](https://www.notchstar.com/help/notchstar-calendar-access-denied/): If NotchStar says it needs calendar access, turn it on under Privacy & Security in System Settings, then reopen the tab. Reminders have their own switch.
- [How to allow calendar and reminders access for NotchStar](https://www.notchstar.com/help/allow-calendar-reminders-access-notchstar/): NotchStar asks macOS for calendar access and reminders access the first time you open Home or Calendar. Click Allow on both to see your day.
- [Why the NotchStar calendar shows no upcoming events](https://www.notchstar.com/help/notchstar-calendar-shows-no-events/): When the notch says No upcoming events, causes are events that already ended, events after tomorrow, a calendar not on your Mac, or missing permission.

## More in Calendar and Reminders.

- [How to allow calendar and reminders access for NotchStar](https://www.notchstar.com/help/allow-calendar-reminders-access-notchstar/): NotchStar asks macOS for calendar access and reminders access the first time you open Home or Calendar. Click Allow on both to see your day.
- [NotchStar says it needs calendar access: how to fix it](https://www.notchstar.com/help/notchstar-calendar-access-denied/): If NotchStar says it needs calendar access, turn it on under Privacy & Security in System Settings, then reopen the tab. Reminders have their own switch.
- [Which events does the NotchStar calendar show?](https://www.notchstar.com/help/which-events-notchstar-calendar-shows/): NotchStar shows events that have not ended yet, from today through the end of tomorrow, in time order. Home shows two, Calendar shows four.
- [Does NotchStar show Google Calendar events?](https://www.notchstar.com/help/notchstar-google-calendar-events/): NotchStar reads calendars through macOS, so Google Calendar events show up once your Google account is added to your Mac with Calendars switched on.
- [Why the NotchStar calendar shows no upcoming events](https://www.notchstar.com/help/notchstar-calendar-shows-no-events/): When the notch says No upcoming events, causes are events that already ended, events after tomorrow, a calendar not on your Mac, or missing permission.