Reclaim

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Settings

Set your events to auto-lock so your schedule doesn't change at the last minute.

Auto-lock your Habits, Tasks, and Smart 1:1s

Set preferences for what happens to tasks that are done scheduling.

Auto-reopen or auto-close Tasks that are done scheduling

Tell Reclaim at which start time intervals you want meetings to be scheduled.

Set start time intervals for Smart 1:1 & Scheduling Link meetings

You can change default settings for your Tasks that will be used for any new tasks you create.

Changing your default Task settings

Task & Habit breaks

Reclaim will automatically add travel time blocks to your events to ensure you have time to get from place to place.

Set Travel Time for events

Give yourself a break after your videoconference meetings

Set Decompression Time for videoconferences

Set your scheduling hours in Reclaim to tell Reclaim when to block time for different kinds of Tasks, synced calendars, and Smart 1:1s

Set your scheduling hours

Reclaim automatically color-codes and categorizes your events to keep your schedule visually organized.

Color-coding settings for your events

A basic guide to Reclaim notifications and how to manage them.

Manage event notifications

Time Blocking Settings

Reclaim uses your timezone settings from Google Calendar. Here's how to update them via your Google Calendar Settings.

How to set your timezone in Reclaim

Edit the day of the week you would like your Planner to start

Set your starting day of the week

Select how you want dates and times to be displayed

Date and Time format

Reclaim Settings in Google Calendar

Connected Calendar overview

Calendar Sync and Connected Calendars sound similar, but they're pretty different. Here's how to understand them.

Difference between Connected Calendar and Calendar Sync

Select Connected Calendars for Reclaim to check availability

Connected Calendar Settings

Ensure you are notified of your events on your Apple Watch, iPhone, and MacBook

Get Reclaim notifications on Apple devices

Sometimes Google Calendar fails to report your timezone correctly, which causes us to schedule stuff at weird hours. Here's how to fix it.

Why are my Reclaim events scheduling at the wrong hours?

If your calendar color-coding is having issues or seems stuck, here's how to fix it.

Reset calendar event colors

After a video call, you may find decompression time isn't blocked out or can even overlap with another Reclaim-created event.

Decompression not appearing or overlaps with a Habit or Task

Reclaim will never send you notifications for synced copies of events. However, Apple's Calendar app has a bug that can cause notifications.

Settings

Time Blocking Settings

Reclaim Settings in Google Calendar

Connected Calendar Settings

Troubleshooting