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Set Alarms in Windows 10

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The first thing we need to do is locate the Alarms & Clock application
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In this case, we need to click the lower-left corner of the screen to open up the start menu. Then, we may have Alarms & Clock pinned to the start menu.

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We might have to click "All apps" to find "Alarms & Clock"
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We click "Alarms & Clock"
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We will need to wait for the application to load.
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When the application loads, we need to click "Alarm"
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In this video, there is a preset 1 PM alarm.

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We can add an alarm by simply clicking the plus sign at the bottom
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Let's go ahead and name the alarm
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For example, let's name it "VisiHow wake up".

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We can input time by clicking the area under "Time"
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Then, we scroll up and down to select the hours, minutes, and AM or PM
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For example, 10:00 AM.

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Once we are ready, we click the checkmark
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We can set the repetition
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In this video, "Repeats" is set to "Only once". If we click the drop-down menu, we will be able to click "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", and "Sunday".
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The next thing is setting up the sound
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In this case, it is set to "Chimes". We can click the drop-down menu.
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Then, we can click one of the available sounds
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We can also listen to the sounds by clicking on the play icon next to them
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For example, let's go ahead and listen to "Chimes".
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We click on a sound
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Let's click "Chimes". That's it.
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We can also set "Snooze time" by clicking the drop-down menu under it
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Then, we click the duration of "Snooze time" to select it
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Let's click "5 minutes". When the alarm goes off, we'll be able to click the "Snooze" button; and the next alarm will go off in five minutes.
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We set everything in "NEW ALARM" according to our preference, and when we've finished, we click the saving icon
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There we go.
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To turn off an enabled alarm, we need to click the "On" toggle next to it
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To turn the alarm back on, we need to click the "Off" toggle next to it again
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