The reMarkable 2 is chalk full of menus and shortcuts, but you have to know what the various icons mean to navigate it effectively. Learn more about the icons in the reMarkable Menu, Settings, and Notes Menus.
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Why read this reMarkable guide?
I’ve been using the reMarkable 2 for over three years in my professional and personal lives. During that time, I’ve worked as a consultant, business executive, and just dad of a busy family. I am a huge believer that the reMarkable 2 can help you unlock your goals and just simplify your working life.
reMarkable icon locations – Menu, Settings, Notes Menu (Tool Bar)
Icons are found all over the reMarkable and once you understand what they are used for, will make navigating the tablet much easier. This is really important because if you are using the reMarkable for professional productivity, you need to be able to navigate it efficiently.
reMarkable Menu Icons
The reMarkable main menu is accessed by clicking on the “hamburger” icon when outside of a notebook. These functions are generally device level tools (meaning impacting the whole device or looking at all notebooks).
 | My Files – this is the default view of your folders and reMarkable Notebooks. This can be useful when returning from a menu or custom view |
| Filter By – this icon allows you to filter your reMarkable’s notebooks by type (notebook, PDF, and ebooks) | |
 | Favorites – this reMarkable 2 icon allows quick navigation to often used notebooks (that you’ve previously designated as favorites). I use this often for my month-by-day notebooks where I manage daily tasks and meetings. |
 | Tags – tags are a super effective way to find specific types of notebooks or notebooks related to a project or theme. This icon pulls up your tags and allows you to filter notebooks by the tag. |
| Integrations – this icon pulls up your active integrations (e.g., Google Drive, Dropbox) | |
| Trash – if you’ve recently deleted notebooks or PDFs, you’ll find them with this icon | |
| Guides – Guides are designed to teach you how to use your reMarkable. From actual guides to the toggle for “Tool Tips” (the pop up boxes that explain how reMarkable features work), this icon is great for new reMarkable users. | |
| Settings – This little gear takes you to the reMarkable settings menu. Detailed explanation below. |
reMarkable Settings Icons
The last selection on the main menu is settings, where you can modify how your device is behaving (e.g., wifi setting, software update, security). These icons are access through the main menu and clicking on the settings gear icon.
 | General – this icon takes you to the general settings for your reMarkable 2 device. This includes the associated account, flight mode, and software version. |
 | WIFI- the WIFI icon on the reMarkable takes you to the menu where you can select a new WIFI network as well as disable your wifi temporarily to save battery. |
 | Battery – the battery screen is all about display options. It allows you to select if your battery level is shown as a percentage (recommend) and the ability to automatically go into sleep mode after 20 minutes. |
 | Storage – the storage icon takes you to a menu where you can view your amount of device storage currently used (delete some older files if you need to free up storage) as well as initialize USB connectivity. From the storage screen, you can also force your reMarkable 2 to sync with reMarkable connect. |
 | Security – the security icon allows you to turn on/off the security pass code option. |
 | Accessibility – the final icon in settings takes you to a few helpful options to optimize your reMarkable for your personal situation. Most importantly, you can toggle between left and right handed mode (which modes the in-note menu between sides). Additionally, you can chose a larger font if seeing typed text is difficult for you. |
reMarkable Notes Menu Icons (known as Tool Bar)
These icons are found on the left (or right, if you’re a lefty like me) side of the screen while accessing a reMarkable notebook.
 | Open / Close Tool Bar Toggle – this icon is used for hiding the notes menu or expanding it to make changes while in a notebook. This is a very important tool because it keeps your hand from accidently touching a menu button. |
 | Stylus – use this icon to put your reMarkable into writing mode or to change your pen types / colors / thickness |
 | Type – use this icon to put your reMarkable into typing mode. This is best for using your Type Folio (detailed review here). |
 | Erase – This function allows you to put your reMarkable into erase mode (especially helpful if you don’t have a Marker Plus w/ build in eraser). You can also pick erase types like area erase and erase whole page. |
| Select (copy/cut/paste) – the select tool is used to highlight a section of text or drawing that you’d like to cut or paste. Once you’ve selected that region, you can navigate to any other note and cut or paste it to the new location. | |
| Undo – this reMarkable icon allows you to instantly remove the last pen stroke that you made. Expert tip – you can use the two finger tap gesture for undo. | |
| Redo – this icon allows you to replace a stroke that you previously undid. These functions are very similar to how undo and redo work in Microsoft Office | |
| Page overview (view) – this reMarkable icon provides a zoomed out view where you can see 10+ pages from your notebook. This can be very useful if you want to quickly navigate to a different page or change the order of pages | |
| Tag menu – the tag icon shows you the current tags for your notebook (super helpful when you want to search for it later) or add new tags to the notebook |
 | Layers – the layers icon shows you the current layers on that note page (e.g., template, text, writing). It allows you to add or navigate between layers. This is my most underused feature on this menu set, as I use my reMarkable 2 for business tasks. |
 | Share (reMarkable calls this Export and Share)- the sharing icon allows you to screen share, send by email, and convert handwriting to text. Click the links for details on each of these tasks |
 | Notebook settings – this icon allows you to change notebook level settings, as well as transition between landscape and portrait view. From this view, you can also perform a search inside the notebook (this only works for typed text or handwriting you converted to text) |
Additional resources for reMarkable 2 icons
Didn’t get enough? This official reMarkable website has a full listing of all icons throughout the device.
