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Manually Editing Time

Rize automatically tracks activity on your Mac or Windows computer. Add time manually when work happens away from your computer, such as a phone call, site visit, drive, or in-person meeting.

Moving and Resizing Time Entries​

You can adjust a time entry directly on the timeline. Drag the body of an entry to move it earlier or later, or drag the top or bottom edge to change its start or end time.

This is fastest when Rize captured the right work but the boundary is slightly wrong. The entry stays in the new position while Rize saves the update. If the save fails, Rize returns it to the previous time.

Rize timeline time entry hover state for drag editing

Manually Adding Time​

To add work after it happened:

  1. Open the Home tab and go to the correct date.
  2. Drag across the missing span on your timeline.
  3. Select Add Time Entry.
  4. Add a description and assign the client, project, or task as needed.
  5. Save the entry.

You can also drag in the session column and select Add Session to add a Focus, Meeting, or Break Session for that span. Your timeline updates as soon as you save. Sessions do not ask for a category; you choose the session type instead.

Timeline selection menu with Add Time Entry, View Apps, and Remove Activity

Workspaces that have not migrated from categories yet also have an Add/Override option in the timeline menu. Select the category of the time you are adding and click Save. Any overlapping time and sessions are overwritten. A focus category creates a Focus Session, a meeting category such as Video Conferencing creates a Meeting Session, and Break creates a Break Session.

Starting Work from a Phone​

Rize does not automatically track activity on iPhone or Android. If you have access to the mobile web beta, use app.rize.io/m to start a live block from a phone:

  1. Tap the timer button.
  2. Choose Focus, Meeting, In person, or Break.
  3. Optionally set a duration, description, client, project, or task.
  4. Start the block, then stop it when the work is complete.

Focus, Meeting, and In person blocks are recorded as work time. Break blocks are recorded as sessions but do not create work time entries. Use the Review tab to approve or reject pending entries.

If the page says that Rize mobile is not available, your account does not have beta access. Add the time from the desktop timeline after the work is complete.

Manually Removing Time​

Drag and drop on your timeline and select the “Remove Time” option. This will remove all underlying events and sessions.