Delete an event

If you don't want an event to show up anymore, you can delete or remove it from Google Calendar.

Important: Calendar might mark some events as spam and move them to the bin. If you have an account through your work or school, your organisation's super administrator can also move any event from your organisation to the bin. Learn how to see and restore deleted events in your bin.

Delete an event that you created

If you created an event or have permission to edit it, you can delete the event. This takes it off your calendar and the calendars of everyone else invited.

On your computer, open Google Calendar.
Click the event that you want to delete.
Click Delete event .

Tip: To delete an event, right-click it, then click Delete.

I deleted an event but others can still see it on their calendars

After an event is deleted, it might take a little while to remove it from people's calendars.
If you deleted an event that you didn't own, the event owner might need to delete it for it to be removed from everyone's calendars.

I deleted an event but still see it on other devices

After you delete an event, it might not be immediately removed from your other devices. You can speed up the process with a manual sync.

Manual sync for iOS

Close and reopen the Calendar app.

Manual sync for Android

Open the Google Calendar app.
At the top right, tap More Refresh.

Delete an event that you were invited to

If you were invited to an event, you can remove it from your calendar.

This removes it from your calendar, but everyone else who was invited to the event will still see it.

On your computer, open Google Calendar.
Open the event that you want to remove.
Click Remove or Remove from this calendar .

Delete a recurring event

If you delete an event that repeats, you'll see the options below. If someone else created the recurring event, you won't see these options.

This event or Only this instance: Delete this event, but keep all the other future events.
This and following events or All following: Deletes this event and all the future events.
All events or All events in the series: Deletes all events in the series.

Delete all events on your calendar

If you want to delete all your events in your Google Calendar, you must clear all events on your primary calendar and delete any other calendars that you may own.

To clear all events from your primary calendar:

On your computer, open Google Calendar.
At the bottom left, hover over the primary calendar.
Click Options Settings and sharing.
Under 'Settings for my calendars', click Remove calendar.
Under 'Remove calendar', click Delete.

Important: You can delete events from your calendar, but you can't delete your primary calendar. Learn how to delete other calendars that you own.

See deleted events in your bin (computer only)

When you delete an event or mark it as spam, it stays in that calendar's bin for 30 days. An event can be automatically marked as spam and moved to that calendar's bin if it is found to be in violation of Google Calendar's programme policies. When you go to the bin, you can restore events or delete them forever.

Important: Anyone who has 'Make changes to events' or 'Make changes AND manage sharing' permission for the calendar can delete events, as well as see and restore events from that calendar's bin.

On your computer, open Google Calendar.
In the top right, click Settings menu Bin. You'll see the events that were deleted from this calendar.
- To delete an individual event, next to the event, click Delete forever .
- To delete all selected events, above the list, click Delete forever all selected .
- To delete all events, click Empty bin Empty.

Restore deleted events in your bin (computer only)

Open Google Calendar.
In the top right, click Settings menu Bin. You'll find the events deleted from this calendar.
- To restore an individual event, next to the event, click Restore .
- To restore selected events, above the list, click Restore all selected .

I want to turn off email notifications

The first time that you delete an event that's moved to the bin, you'll get an email notification from Google Calendar. You can't turn this notification off, but it's the only email notification that you'll get about the bin.

I don't see all my deleted events in the bin

If you can't see some of the events that you deleted in your calendar's bin, it could be for one of these reasons:

Events are only saved in a calendar's bin for 30 days.
If you didn't have edit access to the calendar that the event was created on, you won't see the event in the bin.
There's a separate bin for each calendar that you have. Try looking in the bin for other calendars.
Anyone who has edit access to your calendar can delete events forever or restore them. If other people have access to your calendar, ask them if they moved the event.

Important: If you deleted a recurring event, review the 'I deleted a recurring event' section below.

An event that I restored is missing RSVPs

If an event creator takes an event out of the bin, guests need to RSVP to the event again.

If the room that the user books isn't available anymore, the room is crossed out on the calendar event.

I've deleted a recurring event

Delete one instance of the event at a time

You'll see a row in the bin for each event that you deleted.

Delete more than one instance of the event at a time

You'll see a single row in the bin for all the events instead of individual rows for each event. When you restore the event, it restores all the instances of the event that you deleted.