Hi Service Dovers & Daughters,

Are you using Appointment Schedules, or the 'normal' event creation?

Assuming the latter (you create an event and you invite the person): unless you're using a 3rd party add-on to send reminders, the way Google Calendar works is that you as the event organiser can't 'force' reminders on anyone - any reminders will be what the recipient has set up for themselves.

For example, if you invited 'Bob', 'Doreen' & 'Mary' to an event, Bob might have set up reminders so that he's informed 30 minutes before your event, Doreen might receive one an hour before the event, and Mary might not receive a reminder at all - it's all down to what the end user wants.

Patrick

PS Having seen your website, I don't think you'll be using Appointment Schedules, i.e. letting people book their own appointments!

Daj nam znać, jak Ci poszło.

Patrick

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Hi User-lots-of-digits,

Please ask your wife to open the event she created and make sure that it is in the shared calendar.

Because events are created in a user's OWN calendar by default, the issue with missing events is usually because the event has been created in the wrong calendar.

If it IS in the wrong calendar, your wife should be able to easily edit the event and change the calendar to the correct one.

Please let us know how you get on.

Patrick

Hi User lots-of-digits,

If I'm understanding this correctly, when people invite you to an event, you're saying there are no Meet details shown.

When you say "The Admin has switched on "Automatically add video conferencing to events users create" for the organization.", this would apply to events you (and your colleagues) create, not ones to which you have been invited.

Is there a chance that the events which are missing Meet details from people outside your organisation?

If they are from people within your organisation, I'd ask your administrator to check that the setting is on for everyone.

Patrick

Hi Skylar,

The Google Calendar app only typically syncs approximately 12 months either side of today - so you are fortunate that you at least have 2 years' worth of events in the app.

Fortunately, the desktop version of Calendar doesn't have this restriction - so if you go to https://calendar.google.com, you'll see all your events.

Patrick

Hi Cen-Tex Crane,

Are you using Appointment Schedules, or just creating events/tasks in the usual Google Calendar format?

If the former, I'm afraid it's not possible to create duplicate events, so please use the 'Send feedback' option to let the team know you'd like to be able to do so.

If the latter, you should be able to create multiple events and tasks at the same time.

Please let us know how you get on.

Patrick

Jim,

Do you receive any error messages?

Do you have another browser on your computer which you could use to log on to https://calendar.google.com? Does it work there?

If it does, it could be that your browser cache has got corrupted, and clearing the cache may resolve the issue.

Patrick

Hi Giorgio,

Coincidentally, I have just answered a question from someone wanting the opposite, i.e. to REMOVE the option to create Tasks.

Unfortunately it is not possible to remove the ability to create Events, nor to set Tasks as the default.

Please use the 'Send feedback to Google' option to let the team know you'd like this as an option. If enough people request it, there's a chance it will be added to the team's development roadmap.

Fortunately, there is some good news: if you use the Tasks app, you can be sure that you'll be creating items of that type only! Those tasks will appear not only in the Tasks app, but also in Google Calendar.

Patrick

Patrick

Hi Dick,

Unfortunately, there's no option to remove Tasks.

Please use the 'Send feedback' option to let the team know you'd like this as an option. If enough people request this, there's a chance it will be added to the development roadmap.

In the meantime, if your wife uses Day, Week or Month view and taps on the screen at the time she wants, it will open up the 'Create' dialog and will default to Event - so, no need to worry about accidentally tapping the wrong event type.

Patrick

Hi Robin,

The Google Calendar Android app has always had a restriction on how much data it syncs. When it was first introduced, I think it was valid - phones had very small disk space, so the developers wouldn't have wanted to fill the phone with Calendar events which probably weren't needed any longer.

Now, however, for most phone space isn't an issue. Please use the 'Send feedback' option to let the team know you'd like the option to sync longer time periods.

In the meantime, all your data will be in the desktop version of Calendar - https://calendar.google.com.

Patrick

Hi boyd,

I'm no doubt missing something, but I'm not sure how anything could be easier than the Duplicate option - that often means I only need to change the date of the event.

In what way do you think it could be easier?

Patrick

Hi Michela,

In the desktop version of Google Calendar (https://calendar.google.com), you should be able to see all your events - I've got events going back to 2006 on mine.

Are you not seeing your old events - or are you trying to find the best way to search for them?

Patrick

Marek,

Sorry for the delay. I can't work out why it's not working for you: I've just tried on my Android phone, and it's working for me.

I'm wondering if there's a setting where you can decide which apps can be connected to Calendar / Contacts.

Patrick

Hi again,

"It seems so silly that Google allows only 12 months of the Calendar data to be seen on the new mobile!"

Starting with your last point: I tend to agree. I think this has been the case since they first developed a mobile app - and in those days, the amount of disk space on phones was probably quite small, so restricting the number of events being synced probably made sense. These days, most phones have much bigger disks, so this isn't an issue any longer.

However (and there's always one of those!), not everyone's phone is 128GB or larger. I'm working with someone who's got a 16GB phone which currently has 5GB free, so she probably wouldn't be happy to have her phone filled with old events she's not interested in.

Consequently, in my ideal world, Google Calendar would offer different sync durations, and an estimate of how much space that would take - so if I had a phone with little disk space, I could select 12 months' worth of syncing and at the other extreme someone could choose to have everything synced. Oh, and before anyone mentions it, I realise that different years might have a different number of events, so the clever developers would need to be able to estimate how much space would be needed!

"I would like all of my earlier data in the Calendar to be migrated and seen on my new mobile phone. Can you please let me know how one can do that ?"

Unfortunately, you can't do that in the mobile app. Unless you and enough others request this, it probably won't make the short list!

In the meantime, if you open the desktop version (https://calendar.google.com) in your mobile's browser, you'll be able to see all your events.

Patrick

Hi User lots-of-digits,

The official Google Calendar app only syncs approximately 12 months either side of today; however, that doesn't mean your events are lost - you should see them in the desktop version of Calendar - https://calendar.google.com

If you'd like that functionality changed, please use the 'Send feedback' option to let the team know.

Patrick

Hi Janice,

Sorry for the delayed reply.

How did you add the events to your calendar - did you add a) a particular mlb calendar, or did you b) import the events into your own calendar?

If the answer is a), you should see the name of it on the left-hand side of the screen and you should be able to unsubscribe from it.

If, on the other hand, you imported the matches into your own calendar, it's not going to be easy - you might be quicker simply manually removing the unwanted events.

Patrick

Hi Cindy,

I'm not really an Apple user, but I do currently have access to an iPad so have just opened the Google Calendar app.

I've found that if I tap the date on the left-hand side, it opens up in Day view for that day, and I can then tap on the hour I want my event to take place and it opens Calendar in the event creation page.

Can you let us know if that works for you?

Patrick

Hi Marek,

Are you tapping on 'Add people', or 'View schedules'? If the latter, please tap on 'Add people' and let us know if it works when you start typing someone's name.

Patrick

Hi Amber,

Rather than the Google Calendar forum, I think your question would be better answered in the Google Docs forum!

Patrick

Hi Carey,

I don't 'do' Apple, but what happens if you click on the iCloud * System account option - does that show you your other calendars?

Patrick

Hi User lots-of-digits,

Are you able to give us the address of your website, so we can try and replicate the issue?

Patrick

Hi Sanna,

If you click on Omat kalenterit, it will show you your calendars; then, follow the instructions above.

Patrick

Hi Sanna,

Using the desktop version of Google Calendar (https://calendar.google.com):

Lorenzo,

I'm sorry - GCalToolkit is the only software I know which will do this - though I'm sure there will be others.

Neil is very helpful, so you might want to contact him through his website to see how quickly his software might delete the old events.

Patrick

Suchender,

Are you based in Germany? If so, please have a look at Priya's post here, as well as Neil's video showing how to get around the issue.

Patrick

Hi AndroidCalendarHelp,

I suspect this isn't a Calendar option - it's more likely to be an Android option.

I can't immediately spot it, but am fairly sure there's an option within Android to not show full details, so think it will be something you've switched on.

If I find the setting, I'll post back!

Patrick

Hi Edmund,

Do you have another browser you can use to go to https://calendar.google.com and see if it works OK?

If not, try opening a Private/Incognito window and go to the same link and let us know if that works.

If it does, clearing your browser cache should resolve the problem.

Patrick

Hi Pascal,

Deleting events doesn't sound like a Google Calendar issue - there's no functionality to automatically delete calendar events.

Are you using a 3rd party app to sync your Google Calendar with another calendar program - for example, Outlook? Or are you sharing your calendar with someone who might be using such software?

If so, it might be worthwhile seeing if that software is holding a copy of the missing events, and perhaps can reinstate them?

Patrick

Hi soducoue,

At the top of the screen, to the right of where it currently says 'February', you should see a magnifying glass, and to the right of that, a box which currently says '2'.

The 2 signifies the current month, and clicking on it will take you back to February.

Please let us know if you're able to see that.

Patrick

Suzie,

Great news. Thanks for letting us know.

Patrick

Hi fifty2weekhi,

That's a nice idea, and one I (as a confirmed non-programmer, I hasten to add!) hope the team would be able to implement.

Please use the 'Send feedback' option to let the team know.

Patrick

Hi Suzie,

You mentioned that you "have disabled notifications on google calendar settings on computer", but your screenshot shows five default notifications.

Please click on the cog at the top right and go in to Settings, then click on your calendar name.

Scrolling down that page, you should now see two sections - Event notifications & All-day event notifications.

I'm hoping that you'll see the same notifications there as in your screenshot. Please delete them,  create a new event and let us know if you're still seeing the notfications.

Patrick

Hi Suzie,

If ShrutNM's suggestions don't work, can you have a look at the Apple calendar (and any other calendars you have on your device).

The notifications look 'strange', which makes me wonder if they're coming from another app.

The Google Calendar app will look for other events on your app and display them in the app - but not sync them with the desktop version of Calendar. Something which might be a useful test would be to open the desktop version of Google Calendar (https://calendar.google.com) and see if those events are also shown there, and with the same notifications.

Patrick

Thanks for letting us know - and sorry you have had to do this, but glad the script worked!

Patrick

Rosario,

No necesitas hacer nada: ¡tus eventos están seguros!

Aunque la aplicación móvil solo se sincroniza durante aproximadamente 12 meses, todos tus eventos se pueden ver en la versión de escritorio de Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com

Patrick

Hi Matt,

I'm not an Apple user, but do have an iPad beside me at the moment, and think it will work the same way as your iPhone.

If so, please try the following:

Hi user936,

Could it be that you are using a link which includes a specific date?

Please let us know what happens if you select https://calendar.google.com

Patrick

Hi User lots-of-digits,

Unfortunately, it's still not possible to share your tasks - see this Help Centre article.

Please use the 'Send feedback' option to let the team know you need this functionality.

In the meantime, if you and your assistant use Google Chrome, you could use an extension such as this one to handle your tasks. Note that there are both free and paid-for versions of this extension.

Patrick

Hi Amit,

Unfortunately, I can't explain why this might have happened.

As I'm sure you'll have determined, you've got two options: rename and add permissions to the one with the original name, or add events to the new calendar.

I would export the events from 'bad name' calendar (see this Help Centre article for details), and once you have the .ics file, follow these instructions to import the events.

Before you start, do you know roughly how many events are in the calendar? Is it tens, hundreds, or thousands of events? The reason I ask is that there is a maximum import size of 1MB.

For info, I've just done an export of my calendars, and my main one is just under 4MB in size; however, it's worth pointing out that I've been using Google Calendar since 2006 so I've got a lot of years' worth of events!

Please let us know what the size of your exported file is. If it's <1MB, great - just import it. If, however, it's >1MB, we can probably suggest options to split the file.

Re-reading my answer, you might be thinking you prefer the first option! Even if you decide to rename the original file (and I would suggest changing the name very slightly - just in case you decide you want to work with the 'no events' calendar), I'd strongly suggest doing an export of your calendar. There's a certain law which means that if you have a backup, you'll never need it! :-)

Patrick

Hola Rosario,

Lamentablemente la aplicación de Google Calendar solo sincroniza aproximadamente 12 meses antes y después de hoy. Te habrás dado cuenta que no se muestran los eventos de hace más de 12 meses, y lo mismo ocurriría si tienes eventos de 12 meses en el futuro.

Por favor, utiliza la opción 'Enviar comentarios' para avisar al equipo que quieres que se muestren más eventos.

Patrick

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Hi Rosario,

Unfortunately, the Google Calendar app only syncs approximately 12 months either side of today. You've noticed that events over 12 months ago are not shown, and the same would be true if you have events 12 months in the future.

Please use the 'Send feedback' option to let the team know you want more events to be shown.

Will,

"On the left side of Calendar, find "My calendars."FFS THIS ISN'T THERE.Paper calendars #1 Google "help" big fat 0."

I assume you are using the desktop version of Calendar (i.e. as shown in the instructions) to do this? If so, I don't know why you are not seeing the 'My calendars' section on the left-hand side.

Patrick