You can make time for the important things in your life by creating goals in Google Calendar.
How goals work
When you create a goal, you choose how much time you want to spend on it each week. Google Calendar automatically schedules time to work on your goal.
If you end up having a conflict at that time, the session is automatically rescheduled.
Over time, scheduling gets better as Google Calendar learns your preferences.
Create a goal
- Open the Google Calendar app
.
- In the bottom right, tap Create
.
- Tap Goal.
- Choose a category, like Exercise or Family & friends. To create a custom goal, pick a category, then tap Custom.
- Follow the directions on your screen to set up your goal.
- Tap Done
.
- Sessions will be automatically added to your calendar, starting with the first four weeks. You can adjust the time or length of these events at any time.
Change goals you've created
- Open the Google Calendar app
.
- Tap the session.
- Tap Edit
.
- Tap the setting you'd like to change and make your changes.
- At the top of the page, tap Save.
Any changes you make to your sessions help Google Calendar learn your schedule preferences over time and use that information to schedule future sessions.
- Open the Google Calendar app
.
- Tap the session.
- Tap Did it.
- The session will be crossed out on your calendar.
If you don't have time to work on your goal when the session comes up, you can defer it until later.
- Open the Google Calendar app
.
- Tap the session.
- Tap Later.
- The session will be automatically rescheduled for a time you're free that week.
- Open the Google Calendar app
.
- Tap the session.
- In the top right, tap More
.
- Tap Delete
This session or All following sessions (and stop scheduling).
- Tap OK.
Change your notification settings
When you have an upcoming session, you'll get a notification on your device. You'll also a notification after your session to track your goal's progress.
- Open the Google Calendar app
.
- Tap a session.
- Tap Edit
.
- In the "Notification" section
, tap the current notification time.
- Change your notification time or settings.
- At the top of the page, tap Save.
Note: You can't add extra notifications, or create SMS or email notifications.
Share or hide your goals
Choose the sharing settings you have for your calendar to learn more about which goal sessions others can see on your calendar.
Your sessions can only be seen by you.
Anyone who you've shared your free/busy information with can see that you're busy during your sessions.
They can't see the title or details for any of your sessions.
Anyone who you've given view access to can see your sessions' name, date, and time.
They can't make any changes to your goal.
What people you've shared with can see or do:
- See sessions
- Edit a session's date or time
- Delete a session
- Add notifications for upcoming sessions that show only on their calendar
What people you've shared with can't see or do:
- Create a new goal
- Defer a goal, or mark it as done
- See the details of a goal, including its frequency, time of day, and duration
If you got your Google Account through your work or school, you have a domain administrator who manages your Google Account settings.
What your domain administrator can see or do:
- See sessions
- Edit a session's date or time
- Delete a session
- Add notifications for upcoming sessions that show only on their calendar
What your domain administrator can't see or do:
- Create a new goal
- Defer a goal, or mark it as done
- See the details of a goal, including its frequency, time of day, and duration