Managing Alerts
Setting up Alerts (Premium feature)
RescueTime Alerts let you set custom pop-up notifications based on your productivity benchmarks. For example, you can get notified when you’ve spent more than one hour on distracting activities or reached four hours of productive work.
While Alerts often complement Goals, they don’t require a Goal to work.
Access the Alerts page by clicking on Goals & Alerts in the navigation bar > Alerts tab.
How to create an alert
- Go to Goals & Alerts in the top navigation.
- Click the Alerts tab.
- Click Create a new alert to open the alert modal.
- Choose when the alert should trigger and how many times it should trigger per day.
- Enter the time threshold in hours and minutes.
Customize your alert
- Category: Choose the category of activity to track (like All Productive Time, Distracting Time, or a specific app or website).
- When: Set when the alert should apply (e.g., weekdays, specific hours). Use Advanced Filters for detailed schedules.
- Notifications: Choose how you’d like to be notified—desktop or email.
- Message: Add a custom alert message if you’d like.
- Start Focus Session Blocking: You can start a Focus Session when the alert is triggered
- Open a webpage: Set a URL to open automatically when the alert is triggered (like your Highlights page as a reminder to log your work).
Windows Users: RescueTime Alerts use the Windows notification system. Make sure notifications are enabled in your system settings so you’ll see pop-ups from RescueTime.
