Add or remove holidays on your calendar

Holidays are automatically added to your calendar. You can update your calendar settings to:

• Show public holidays and other observances, public holidays only, or selected holidays.
• Add or remove holidays from other countries or regions.
• Add or remove religious holidays.
• Hide or unhide individual holidays.
• Change the color of holiday events.

Select holidays to show on your calendar

Important: You can’t delete or edit the details of individual holidays on your calendar.

Public holidays and other observances appear on your calendar by default. To show public holidays only:

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Calendar app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu Settings Holidays.
3. Tap National Holidays.
4. Select your preferred country or region.
5. Under the country or region you’ve selected, select one of these:
   • All holidays
   • Public holidays only
6. At the bottom, tap OK.

Add or remove country and region holidays

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Calendar app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu Settings Holidays.
3. Tap the country or region you’re subscribed to.
   • To add, select a country from the list Public and other holidays or Public holidays only.
   • To remove, select a country from the list Don’t show.

Add or remove religious holidays

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Calendar app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu   Settings Holidays.
3. Tap Add religious holidays.
4. To add or remove a religious holiday, tap it.

Hide all holidays from your calendar

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Calendar app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu .
3. To the left of “Holidays,” tap the box.

Tip: Calendars with an empty box are already hidden from your calendar.

Hide individual holidays from your calendar

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Calendar app .
2. Select a holiday.
3. Tap More options Hide this holiday Hide.

Unhide individual holidays from your calendar

Important: You can unhide all hidden holidays on your phone, but for individual holidays, you must use your computer.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Calendar app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu Settings Holidays.
3. To restore all individually hidden holidays, tap your preferred holiday calendar All holidays or Public holidays only.

Change the color of holiday events

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Calendar app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu   Settings Holidays.
3. Select a new color.

Tips:

• The color applies to all holiday events on your calendar.
• You can’t individually change the color of holiday events.

Related resources

• Change your Calendar settings
• Use color labels to track calendar entries