# Feature request: Global default goal settings

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-global-default-goal-settings/1110>\
**Category:** Bugabee\
**Created:** [September 1, 2015, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-global-default-goal-settings/1110 "2015-09-01T08:03:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![insti](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/insti/32/545_2.png) [@insti](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/insti)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-global-default-goal-settings/1110/1 "2015-09-01T08:03:28Z")

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Every time I create a goal I forget to turn reminders off.  
It would be nice if there was a way of setting global defaults that applied to newly created goals, rather than having to modify every new goal every time.

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**Author:** ![drtall](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/drtall/32/1341_2.png) [@drtall](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/drtall)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-global-default-goal-settings/1110/2 "2015-09-01T16:15:47Z")

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I try to not let it drive me crazy by thinking of it as a friendly reminder that I made a goal yesterday. When I get the email at 9:30 I think [Oh you!](http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/312/563/05d.jpg) Silly Beeminder!

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**Author:** ![dreev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/dreev/32/4311_2.png) [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-global-default-goal-settings/1110/3 "2015-09-02T07:01:04Z")

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Your wish is our command. This is part of the monster Reminders Revamp branch that is getting [inexorably](http://beeminder.com/b/remrev) closer to getting deployed. I’ll tag this #UVI so we remember to follow up here when it’s live (and remember to log this specifically as one of the many UVIs in this branch!).
