Amazing Marvin Help Center
Welcome to Amazing Marvin's help center. Here you will learn how to get comfortable with Marvin so you can create your tailor made personal productivity system to assist you in your life.
Get Started
Marvin is a customizable personal productivity app. We believe different things work for different people! Just start simple and add things as you need.
Marvin 101
- Marvin's category groupings explained
- What are the differences between Tasks, Events, and Time Blocks?
- How to subscribe to your Calendars as Public Feeds
- How to restore backups
- Automatic backups (desktop only)
- How to enable notifications
- Using secret commands
- Advanced Filter In-Depth Guide
- How to enable dark mode in Marvin
- Your scheduled reminders
Amazing Features
Most features in Marvin are optional, you can turn them on/off and customize them. Get to the features page by pressing "S" on your keyboard (or through the main menu).
Basics
- Braindump
- Category Context
- Task and Project Notes
- Recurring Tasks
- Subtasks (Checklist)
- Check off behavior
- Reminders (Notifications, Alarms)
- Print lists
- Rollover Scheduled Tasks
- Timers in Marvin
Time Management
- Day Planning
- Duration Estimates
- Duration estimate colors
- Time Blocking
- Snooze Feature
- Planning Ahead
- Capacity planning for weeks, months and quarters
- Time Tracking
- Time Tracking Stats
- Week Scheduler
Settings
Mobile App
In September 2026 we launched the first version of the new and improved mobile apps. We are still working on bringing all the web features to it and improving performance/speed.
Working with Tasks and Projects
- Adding tasks and projects
- Shortcuts you can type while adding
- Voice input and brain dumps
- Editing a task or project
- Checking off tasks
- Swipe actions
- Scheduling, rescheduling and snoozing
- Reordering and bulk editing
- Subtasks, notes, comments and attachments
- Reminders and Bug Me
Workflows
Productivity Problems
Clearly identifying a point of friction is the first step in solving it. Look at the list of common pain points and find out which Marvin features can support you.
FAQ
Can't find your question here? Reach out to support (question mark icon then "Contact Support" inside your Marvin web/desktop app.
- I have a task I need to recur at least x days and at most x days, how do I set this up?
- How can I filter with multiple labels or categories in a smart list?
- Is there a way to clone/duplicate a task?
- How do I get to the strategy settings?
- How can I see how old a task/project is?
- How can I hide/collapse the subtasks of a task?
- Is my data safe when sync is disabled?
- How can I turn a reward task back into a regular task?
- How can I work directly from a Smart List?
- How can I update my desktop app?
Smart Lists
- How can I combine multiple Advanced Smart List filters?
- How can I create a Smart List that includes tasks within a specific duration/time estimate range?
- How can I make a Smart List that shows me all projects with no next steps?
- How to create a Smart List with projects that are missing a next step
- How can I reorder my Smart Lists?
- Advanced Smart List Filters
- How can I exclude Inbox in my Smart List?
- How can I create a Smart List that shows me all daily items with no duration estimates?
- How to find tasks created via email
- How can I make a Smart List that shows tasks scheduled for the weekend?
Platforms and Features
- Can Marvin automatically schedule my tasks? (auto-schedule)
- What does the flame icon mean?
- Does Marvin have Gantt charts?
- Is there a Marvin API?
- Is there a Marvin mobile app?
- A crucial feature is missing for me. Are you planning on adding it?
- Does Marvin have third party integrations?
- Is Marvin available as a desktop application?
- Can you attach files to tasks?
Troubleshooting
Something not working? These troubleshooting guides might help. And you can always reach us by emailing our support inside the app (question mark, then contact support)
- Help: Marvin is not loading
- I accidentally marked a task done, now what?
- How to clear app storage in Chrome
- How to check the console for errors
- Help with invalid smart lists
- Why don't tasks created in Marvin get synced to my calendar?
- Why do I get a "Failed to login" error when trying to connect to google calendar?
- Google calendar sync troubleshooting
- What is my iCloud Calendar URL and why do I need it?
- My Marvin is slow, what can I do to improve performance?