How to undo dismiss/retrieve reminders in Outlook calendar?

Author Kelly Last modified 2024-09-18

Suppose you accidentally dismiss all reminders in the Reminders Window in Outlook and wish to retrieve them. While Outlook doesn't have a direct feature to recover dismissed reminders, there are alternative methods to address this issue. This article will guide you through some creative workarounds to help you retrieve your dismissed reminders in Outlook.

Undo dismiss/retrieve one reminder in Outlook calendar
Undo dismiss/retrieve multiple reminders in Outlook calendar

Undo dismiss/retrieve one reminder in Outlook calendar

To retrieve the reminder for a specified calendar item, you can add a reminder for this calendar items again in Outlook. Please do as follows:

In the Calendar view, select the particular calendar item whose reminder you wish to re-establish. This will activate the Calendar Tools tab. Tip: If the Calendar Tools does not appear, you can double-click on your calendar item.
Then, choose a new reminder time from the Reminder dropdown menu located in the Options group.

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Undo dismiss/retrieve multiple reminders in Outlook calendar

If you want to retrieve multiple dismissed reminders in an Outlook calendar, you need to add the Reminder column into the calendar folder, and then quickly add reminders for each calendar item with a single click.

In the Calendar view, select the specific calendar folder from which you will retrieve multiple dismissed reminders, and click View > Change View > List.
Go ahead to click Add Columns.
In the Show Columns dialog box, follow these steps:
1. Select Reminder in the Available columns list box.
2. Click the Add button.
3. Keep the Reminder column selected in the Show these columns in this order list box, and click Move Up or Move Down button to change its order.
4. Click the OK button.
Now, you will see the Reminder column is added to your folder as shown below:
1. Type the search criteria modified: today into the Instant Search box to quickly find out all calendar items which are modified today.
2. Click each blank cell in the Reminder column to add a reminder for every listed calendar item.