Updated: July 17, 2026

Protected and Watched Lists

Protected lists: completely off-limits

Add a list to your protected lists, and listik won't touch anything in it — nothing is read, moved, or edited. It's as if listik doesn't know the list exists.

Watched lists: the only ones listik looks at

Set one or more watched lists, and listik switches to processing only those — every other list is ignored, even ones it would normally route items into.

Where to set them

Both options are in the app's Settings screen, alongside your other list preferences.

When to use each

Protected lists are useful for anything listik shouldn't touch at all — a shared household list where wording matters to someone else, or a work list you don't want an AI editing. Watched lists are the opposite tool: useful if you only want listik's help on one or two specific lists and would rather it leave the rest of Reminders alone entirely.

These settings work alongside normal Lists and Routing — protecting or watching a list overrides where listik would otherwise send things.