Questions tagged [google-calendar]
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Is there a way to set a daily reminder without it cluttering up my Calendar?
In Google Calendar is there a way to set a daily reminder without it cluttering up my Calendar?
e.g. Say I need to take my vitamin pills every morning at 7 am (just a hypothetical example I made up). ...
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Remove past events from Google Calendar
I sync my Google calendar with Outlook.
I have recurring daily entires in my Outlook calendar which I would like to remove from Google calendar (and Outlook if necessary) when they are in the past.
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Is the 'default' calendar in Google Calendar unique?
What I have noticed is that in the settings section for one of my calendars, that
(1) I am listed explicitly as the owner, and
(2) at the bottom of the settings for this calendar, there is only an ...
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How can I mark myself as attending my own Google Calendar event?
When I create an event in Google Calendar, my test Google account e-mail address receives an e-mail with the subject "Invitation: event title" but my main account (the one creating the event) does not....
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How to program traditional UK Mothering Sunday in Google Calendar
I would like to enter the United Kingdom version of Mother's Day into Google Calendar so that I will be able to remember it when the right time of the year comes on a yearly basis:
I've read this ...
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How to switch default calendar in Google Calendars
I understand from other questions that the first Calendar listed is your default calendar.
I have 8 calendars (not all visible). I want Calendar in the fourth position to become my Default, but I don'...
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Can a Google Apps Script get events from a .ics file
I know how to add external calendars (in .ics format) to Google Calendar manually. Is there any way to do it from within a Google Apps Script? That is, is there a command that imports from a provided ....
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Google Calendar reminder for every other day except Saturday and Sunday
How do I create a reminder for every other day except Saturday and Sunday?
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Delete events from Google Calendar with a specific word in the title
I'm trying to delete specific events on my Google calendar, I've found this script that delete events with a specific title:
function delete_events()
{
//take care: Date function starts at 0 for ...
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Can't change permissions for a Google Calendar that's under "My Calendars"
We have a G suite account where all users add to and edit one calendar. When we got a new employee, as a Super Admin, I was unable to add them to the calendar nor edit the permissions.
I went on a ...
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How to show the week number on Google Calendar?
How can I show the week number on Google Calendar?
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Create a recurring Google Calendar event every Tues-Fri every week
I would like to make a Google Calendar event that repeats every day except for Mondays (and weekends). Is there a way to do this? I know I could do four different weekly events, but is there a way to ...
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Adding Mother's and Father's day into Google Calendar
The Australian holidays calendar doesn't appear to include Mother's Day or Father's day. How can I add them into my calendar?
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How can I import Google Calendar events into a Google Spreadsheet?
I just need rows with name, date/time, and location.
Ideally it should be done automatically every n hours or at every event added.
I found a script solution on Stack Overflow, but is there any ...
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Google Sheets Entries into Google Calendar in same date
I am trying to create full day event in google calendar using google sheet. I have used the following script and it is working fine with my sheet but it has added event in the previous date:
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Error while Importing Events from CSV file to Google Calendar
I was trying to collect the birthdays of my friends in a csv file and trying to create events that repeat yearly so that I could wish them. But when I tried to import that CSV file into Google ...
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Calculating total hours of an event in Google Calendar
I'm looking to see or get a weekly summary of the number of hours per event in a Google Calender.
How can I get these hours totalled up?
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Google Calendar to set every 1st and 15th day of the month 9:00am-9:05am
Is there a way I can create a Google Calendar invite and set it every 1st and 15th day of the month for 1 year duration and 9:00am-9:05am Central Time?
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How can I find out when I added an event to my Google Calendar?
If I share a calendar with someone else and we end up with clashing events, how can I tell who "got there first"?
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How do I sync my Google Calendar and my iCloud Calendar?
Each is currently synced effectively with my iCal app. So the breakdown looks like this:
Google Calendar <==> iCal (on MacBook)
iCal (MacBook) <==> iCloud Calendar
iCloud < ≠ > Google
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Assign an event to multiple calendars, one shared calendar and another topic related calendar which is not shared
I want to assign an event to multiple calendars without making a duplicate the event in each calendar. I need to share one calendar with family and coworkers for scheduling purposes, but not share all ...
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How can you let Google Calendar enforce a maximum number of meetings a day (ie similar to Kanban)
As a manager I always ask people to check my Calendar (which is up to date) and feel free to schedule a meeting. The problem with this is that I regularly end up with days where I'm doing back to back ...
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I made my Google Calendar in the wrong account. Can I copy and paste it to the right one?
I forgot to log out of a different account in Gmail and I made a bunch of changes to the calendar. Can I copy it to the other account?
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How do I permanently delete a guest from a recurring Google Calendar event?
How do I permanently delete a guest from a recurring Google Calendar event?
The calendar does not ask if I want this to apply to only this event, or to future events as well like it does when ...
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How to add alternate email to Google account given error "This address is already used with another Google account."
I'm trying to associate an email address with my Google account so I can receive calendar nominations.
From https://myaccount.google.com, I go to Personal info & privacy > Your personal info > ...
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My Google Calendar will be listed in Google Search?
To subscribe a Google Calendar e.g. in the Mac Calendar App, you have to create a public link to that Google Calendar.
The link obviously has to be publicly available, since you subscribe without a ...
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Google Calendar: way to make a group of "other calendars"
I use Google Calendar for work, and I often need to check certain groups of people's calendars for availability when scheduling things. Is there a way to group a few individuals' calendars into a ...
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Why can't I share only Free/Busy details of my Google Calendar with Outlook user?
I need to share my Personal Google calendar with team members (who are not using Google), and who are using Outlook.
I want to share only Free/Busy information
I am NOT willing to make this Google ...
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Google Calendar "URL is too long to process and That's all we know" error
I recently received an email from Google (it was an email address ending with @google.com) On the right hand side of my gmail, there was a link Add event to Google Calendar. Upon clicking this link, I ...
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Change e-mail used to send Google Calendar invites
I have two emails [email protected] and [email protected] linked to Gmail from which I can send emails. Now in Google calendar I can send calendar invites to emails, which are sent by [email protected] (It says a@gmail....
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Google Calendar: How to set up event on the week of a specific day
I want to set up a Google Calendar event, that lasts on the week of 1st of September. So this year, it would be from 30th August - 5th September, but of course, it would change every year, because ...
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What is the longest URL I can subscribe to in Google Calendar?
Google calendar supports subscribing to ical files, where it will occasionally poll them for updates. This can either by selecting "Add Calendar > From URL" in Settings and giving a link ...
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Can you convert a Google Calendar Event into a Reminder?
When creating an Event, you can select making a Reminder or Task instead.
(These options are only available when you have the respective calendars [✔] enabled to display, under My calendars. In this ...
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Stop Gmail and Google Calendar from replacing URL's titles
From about 2-3 weeks or so Gmail and Google Calendar (and probably many more) has enabled a "helpful" feature of replacing URL with corresponding webpage's title, when those pasting URL.
Is ...
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Is there a way to auto-populate anniversaries from Google Contacts to Google Calendar?
There are lots of questions out there asking how to add birthdays and anniversaries to Google Calendar. I know how to auto-populate birthdays from Google Contacts to Google Calendar. And I know how to ...
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how can i duplicate the birthday calendar 20020 to 2021 [closed]
I have my google calendar Bday and want to replicate from 2020 to 2021 without typing all of them again
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How to re-send invitations to shared Google Calendar?
How can I resend invitations to a shared Google calendar?
I've setup a new calendar for a non-profit organization using Google Apps for Domains. I said "no" to the initial question to send out ...
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Forward Google Calendar invites to another account
Is there a way to forward a Google Calendar invite sent to my work email (either before or after I have confirmed that I will attend) to my private Google Calendar?
I get invites to meetings emailed ...
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How can I resend the invitation to an event in Google Calendar?
It seems some of the people I've invited to my event have not received an email invitation to take part on the event. How do I resend the invitation to the people who have not yet responded?
I tried ...
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Are there advanced keyboard shortcuts for Google Calendar?
I like to do most of my stuff using the keyboard. On Gmail, this works quite nicely, but on Google Calendar, some keyboard shortcuts are missing.
For example, I'd like to browse days by using the ← ...
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Sync Google calendar to Office 365 calendar
Does anyone know of a way to synch Google calendar items with Outlook 365? I'm trying to do the opposite of the below Question/Solution:
Sync Office 365 calendar to Google calendar
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How to limit visible hours in new Google Calendar
Until Google forced the new calendar on users, I was able to hide selected morning/night hours using a Labs feature. Is there any way to do the same in the new version, either through the calendar ...
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How to prevent future bookings in Google calendar?
When we are sharing our Google Calendar to allow others to book meetings with us, they can choose any free slot they like.
Today the date is March 12, 2021. The shared calendar gives them the option ...
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How to stop Google Calendar from "helpfully" extracting times from event titles?
When entering an event with the string "1h" at the end (which I do often), Google Calendar "helpfully" decides that I must mean one-o-clock. Like this:
And so:
Is there any way to turn off this ...
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Google Calendar meeting to alternate on specific days
Is there a way to make a meeting on (Windows Web Platform) Google Calendar be on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays one week, then Tuesdays and Thursdays next week, then the following week back to MWF, ...
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How can I schedule a Google Calendar event for recurring twice-monthly payday?
How can I schedule a Google Calendar event for recurring twice-monthly payday, which recurs monthly on day 15 or the last day of the month OR if either is on a weekend then the prior weekday?
I assume ...
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Copy or Export Shared Google Calendar
I would like to copy or export a shared Google calendar that is listed under "Other Calendars."
I have found instructions on how to do this using the Public Address in iCal format. However, for the ...
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How do I see an event in different time zones in Google Calendar?
I have an event in my Google Calendar. I'm using the web version and the app on my Android phone. It has a start time and an end time in my time zone.
I would like to see this event in different time ...
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Google Calendar: recurring 20th monthly while working days
I wanted to make recurring 'workday 20th' monthly, but this code sometimes hits 19th working day even if 20th is a working day too.(sometimes hits 18th as well) I have no idea to fix this.
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Can I change my default meeting start time in Google Calendar?
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How can I get Google Calendar to create events at xx:05 instead of xx:00 by default?
People are weird.
My senior leadership is encouraging us to start meetings in our calendars at 5 minutes ...
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