How to Get to Your Apple Reminders on PC

Many of us use the apps on our phones to manage our schedules and tasks.

While there are a lot of third-party apps that are good for this, the iPhone default apps like Reminders, calendar, and Notes are also very well-suited for it.

But if you like to see this information on your computer as well, you might be looking for a solution.

Our tutorial below will show you how to see your Apple reminders on PC by accessing the iCloud interface in a Web browser.

How to Access Your iOS Notes and Reminders from a Windows PC

  1. Open settings on your iPhone.
  2. Select your Apple ID card at the top of the menu.
  3. Choose iCloud.
  4. Tap Show All.
  5. Turn on Reminders.
  6. Open a Web browser on your PC.
  7. Go to icloud.com.
  8. Enter your Apple ID and password and sign in.
  9. Click on Reminders.

Our guide continues below with additional information on how to view your Apple reminders on PC, including pictures of these steps.

Transitioning from a Windows computer to a Mac environment requires a little re-education as you familiarize yourself with the programs on the Mac, as well as the features and methods of accessing everything.

If you’ve decided to fully embrace Apple’s line of products and are using any combination of an iPhone, iPad, or Mac computer, then you have undoubtedly seen or used the Reminders and Notes features that are available on all of those devices.

Both of these applications integrate seamlessly between your devices through the iCloud service that is attached to your Apple ID, which makes it very easy to update your notes or reminders from any device, then have your changes applied to all of the devices that sync with your iCloud account.

But if you are at work or on a Windows computer, you might be wondering how to access that information.

This is possible through any Web browser, making it much easier to jot down a reminder or write yourself a new note, even when you aren’t on an Apple device.

Related Topic: Check out our how to access iCloud contacts guide for information on viewing that data on a Windows computer as well.

Accessing iCloud Through a Web Browser

Taking advantage of this option requires you to have the settings properly configured on all of your devices, so we are just going to briefly run through properly configuring Notes and Reminders to sync with iCloud on your iPhone.

The process is similar on a Mac or iPad as well; you just need to ensure that your Notes and Reminders are both set to sync from every device on which you want to use those features.

The screenshots shown below were created on an iPhone running an older version of iOS, but the steps are still the same for iPhones using newer versions of iOS.

Old Method – Configuring iCloud on the iPhone to Sync Notes and Reminders (Guide with Pictures)

These steps will show you how to make sure your iCloud settings are correct for viewing iCloud data on other devices.

Step 1: Tap the Settings icon on your device.

iphone 5 settings menu icon
Open the Settings menu

Step 2: Scroll down, then select the iCloud option.

In newer versions of iOS you will need to select your Apple ID card instead, then select the iCloud option.

tap the iCloud option
Open the iCloud menu

Step 3: Press the button to the right of Reminders and Notes so that they say On.

turn on the notes and reminders options
Set Notes and Reminders to sync

Now that iCloud is set up to sync to the cloud you can proceed with the next section to start viewing Apple reminders on PC.

Again, you will need to ensure that all of your Apple devices are configured this way so that everything is syncing simultaneously as you make a change on any device or using the Windows browser option that we are going to spell out below.

How to Access Notes from an iPhone on a Windows PC (Guide with Pictures)

I am going to be doing this through the Google Chrome browser, but you can use whichever browser you prefer. The iCloud browser interface is essentially a website where most of your synced iCloud data can be accessed.

Step 1: Open a new Web browser window.

Step 2: Navigate to www.iCloud.com.

go the icloud site
Navigate to the iCloud website

Step 3: Type your Apple ID and password into their respective fields, then click the arrow button.

Note that you can also check the Keep me signed in box if you do not want to have to re-enter your credentials each time you visit this site.

Sign into your iCloud account
Sign into your iCloud account

Step 4: Click the Notes or Reminders icon to view the items that are synced to your iCloud account.

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Click the Notes icon to access your iPhone Notes from your PC

Now that you know where to go if you want to see your Apple reminders on PC, you can do this from any other device where you have access to a Web browser.

You can then view, edit or create new items in each of these apps, and the changes will sync to all of the other devices that are signed into your iCloud account.

The only notes that will display in the browser are the ones that are stored in the iCloud folder on your device. You may have several different folders in your Notes app, such as ones tied to your email account, or even folders that are only stored on the device.

Summary – How to access your Apple Notes in Windows

  1. Open a browser tab and navigate to www.icloud.com.
  2. Enter the Apple ID and password for the iCloud account.
  3. Click the Notes icon (or whichever other app that you wish to access.)

There is also an iCloud Control Panel application that you can install on your Windows computer that allows you to interact with your iCloud storage in some other different ways. Read this article to learn more about installing and configuring that application.

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