Add shared Google calendar to iPhone calendar

You can create your own calendar on your iPhone, as well as subscribe to other people's calendars -- meaning that you can add personal events to your personal calendar, and also view work events in your boss's calendar and family events on another calendar, for example. In order to add another person's Google Calendar to your iPhone, you need the ICAL link for the calendar. Once you have that, subscribing to the calendar is easy.

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   Write down or copy the URL for the Google Calendar you want to add to your iPhone.

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   Tap the "Settings" icon, then scroll down and select "Mail, Contacts, Calendars."

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   Tap "Add Account" and select "Other."

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   Select the "Add Subscribed Calendar" option, fill in the Google Calendar URL in the Server box and click "Next." Change any settings you see fit before saving the calendar. You do not need a username or password.

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   Toggle your view of the subscribed calendar by opening the Calendar app and tapping "Calendars" in the upper left corner. Tap a calendar name to either display or remove calendar events.

   If you accepted an invitation from someone to share a Google calendar but aren't seeing it on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac; it could be due to your Google Sync settings. Google turns sync off by default for new calendars, particularly shared ones. It's frustrating, and it's why you can't immediately see them on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac even when you can see them online. Luckily it's also simple to fix — once you know how!

   How to get shared Google Calendars to show up on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

   1. Launch Safari or any other web browser on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
   2. Go to calendar.google.com/calendar/syncselect.
   3. Sign in if you aren't already.
   4. Under Shared Calendars, tick the boxes for the calendars you want to see on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
   

   It can take a few minutes for the calendars to appear. If they don't appear right away, close the Calendar app and reopen it.

   How to stop a calendar from syncing across your devices

   If you have a shared Google calendar that you only need access to every once in a while, so you don't want it on your iPhone, you can un-sync it. I share a practice space calendar with about a dozen people, which takes up pretty much all the space on my calendar app. Un-syncing it from Google's calendars makes my schedule look a lot less daunting.

   1. Launch Safari or any other web browser on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
   2. Go to google.com/calendar/syncselect.
   3. Sign in if you aren't already.
   4. Untick the box for any calendar you don't want to sync with your iPhone or iPad's Calendar app.
   5. Click Save to save the settings.

   From now on, those calendars won't even appear as an option for you to add to the built-in Calendar app (or even any third-party app that supports Google Calendar).

   Any questions?

   Do you have any questions about syncing shared Google Calendars with the built-in iPhone and iPad Calendar app? Put them in the comments and we'll help you out.

   My niece just started her MBA at a local university and that uni is a G Suite/Google/Gmail user. Her professors share their class calendars (vs inviting the students to events) so everything is a "Shared with You" shared calendar. That means the events aren't on your primary Google Calendar, they are read-only shares to you.

   My niece uses an iPhone and wanted to calendars to sync with her iPhone calendar she already uses. Google help and everyone else says "install Google Calendar." Sure, that works and she can see the calendars in that other apps, but again, it's totally not integrated with her life and existing Calendar App on iPhone, Mac, and iPad.

   Turns out there is a 12 year old page deep in Google Calendar at https://www.google.com/calendar/syncselect that you can visit to "reshare" those shared calendars to external users like iOS. Love that Copyright 2009 action and the ongoing dedication to improvement in Google Suite and Calendar for the real features that people need /s.

   

   Make sure you are signed into the right Google Account before you click that link. At this point, return to your iPhone/iPad Calendar app and tap Calendars at the bottom. Check the ones you want to see, and press done. Wait a few minutes and your Google Shared Calendars will start to sync to your iOS Calendar!

   Hope this helps.

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   Can I add a shared Google Calendar to iPhone?

   Add a calendar someone shared with you.

   In your email, tap the link that says Add this calendar..

   Your Google Calendar opens in a browser..

   In the pop-up that appears, tap Add..

   Your calendar will appear on the left, under “My calendars.”.

   How do I add a shared Google Calendar to my Apple calendar?

   Fortunately, for Android users, shared calendars on Google automatically synchronize with your device with little extra setup required..

   Enter Google account information. ... .

   Choose which calendars to sync. ... .

   View your shared calendar in your calendar app. ... .

   Repeat when a new calendar is shared..

   Why can't I see a shared Google Calendar on my iPhone?

   To fix the shared Google Calendar not showing up on iPhone, you need to go to its website. To do this, simply open Safari and access calendar.google.com/calendar/syncselect. Then, sign in to your Google account. From the Shared Calendar tab, tap the calendars you want to show up on your iPhone.

   How do I add a shared Google Calendar to my phone?

   You can share a calendar across your entire organization or with a specific person or group..

   Open Google Calendar..

   On the left, click the name of your new calendar..

   Point to the shared calendar and click More. Settings and sharing..

   Choose an option: ... .

   In the permissions box, click the Down arrow. ... .

   Click Send..