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 observances, or public holidays only.
• Add or remove holidays from other countries or regions.
• Add or remove religious holidays.
• Change the color of holiday events.

Show public holidays only

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

Public holidays and 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 the country or region you’re subscribed to.
4. Under the country or region you’re subscribed to, tap Public holidays only.

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.

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