iCloud User Guide
- Welcome
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- Sign in and use iCloud.com
- Customise and use the homepage tiles
- Apple Invites
- Keynote
- Numbers
- Pages
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- Photos on iCloud.com overview
- View your photos and videos
- Browse photos or videos by date
- Hide your photos and videos
- Upload and download photos
- Add or edit a title, caption or other metadata
- Organise photos and videos
- Add photos and videos to Favourites
- Play a slideshow of photos
- Delete and recover photos and videos
- Recover files and information
- Use iCloud on your Windows device
- Get more help with iCloud
- Legal notices and acknowledgements
- Copyright and trademarks

Set an alert for a calendar event on iCloud.com
You can set an alert for an event in Calendar on iCloud.com. To receive an alert for a calendar event, you need to be signed in to your Apple Account for iCloud when the alert goes off.
Note: You need to be on a tablet or computer to use Calendar on iCloud.com.
Set an alert for an event
Go to icloud.com/calendar, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Tap or double-click the event to open it (if it isn’t open already).
Do either of the following:
Set an alert: Select the Alert pop-up menu, then choose an option.
To remove an alert, choose None.
Set a second alert: Select the 2nd Alert pop-up menu, then choose an option.
Select Save.
Set a default alert for new events
Go to icloud.com/calendar, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Select
at the top of the sidebar, then choose Settings.
Select Events, select the Default Alert pop-up menu, then choose an option.
Select
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If you aren’t receiving alerts, make sure you set the alert correctly and you’re signed in to your Apple Account for iCloud. If you’re not signed in, you can still receive alerts on any device with Calendars turned on in iCloud settings.