The world is a busy place. It can take a lot of work to schedule a work meeting, dinner date, or vacation with a colleague or friend. Sometimes it is hard to know off the top of our heads when we will have the same free hour or two as someone else.
Luckily, Google Calendar allows people to share their schedules with anyone they like. Share it with a specific person, a group, or everyone, much like when you share a calendar in Outlook.
Let’s take a look at how to share a Google Calendar with others online.
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How to Create and Share a Google Calendar with Others
If you don’t have a Google Calendar to share yet, it is very simple to create one. You can create more than one type of calendar for different events. For example, you may have one calendar for work and another one just for vacations, one for sports events, birthdays, etc.
- First, go to https://calendar.Google.com/ in your browser.
- Navigate to the lower-left side of your calendar and click the plus symbol next to “Other Calendars”.
- When you click the plus sign, a pop-up menu will come up. Click “Create new calendar”.
- You can give your calendar a new name and fill in a description. I happen to be a huge movie fan and am tired of missing movie festivals, so I just created a suitable calendar. Once you have named your calendar, click “Create calendar”.
- Repeat the above step for as many calendars that you wish to create.
Now that we have created a new calendar, we can go in and make adjustments. Change elements such as the name and color with the following steps:
- Find the name of the calendar you wish to change
- Hover your cursor over the three vertical dots
- Click on “Options for (calendar name)”
I like the color purple, so I gave my “Movie Festival Calendar” the color purple. Of course, there are several more color options to choose from. You can create several calendars with different hues.
So now, whenever I add anyGoogle Calendar events to my “Movie Festival Calendar”, those events will show up in a purple color on my Google Calendar.
How to Share Google Calendar Guide
Bear in mind that you cannot share your Google Calendar on the mobile app. You must use your web browser on a computer to share Google Calendar.
- First, locate the calendar that you want to share on the left side of the screen. If you have an extensive list of calendars, you may need to expand the “My Calendars” section so that you can see the entire list.
- Once again, click on those same three vertical dots you clicked when you changed the calendar color. This time we will select “Settings and Sharing” from the mini pop-up menu.
- Before you share your Google Calendar, double-check that it is in the correct time zone. You want to avoid any confusion if someone is in a different time zone. You also certainly want to make sure that your Google Calendar events are viewed at the correct time.
- If the listed time zone is not correct, click on the arrow on the right side of the time zone module for a drop-down menu of all available time zones. Search for your current time zone and click on it. Now your correct timezone should be displayed for your calendar events.
- If you’ve corrected your time zone, go to Settings and sharing.
- Go to the section that reads Access permissions for events.
- Check the option for Make available to public option.
- Select Get shareable link.
- Click Copy link.
You can share your Gmail calendar with anyone using the link through email or any messaging site.
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Changing Permissions When Sharing Google Calendar
Are you a business that hosts several events that you want everyone to see? Are you a celebrity who wants to “accidentally” leak your whereabouts to the paparazzi? Luckily, you can make any of your Google Calendars available to the public.
When you enable this feature, anyone who has the link to your calendar can view your events. You do not have to share the link individually.
Just scroll down past the time zone feature until you find “Access Permissions for events”. Now you can simply check “Make available to public”.
How to Sync Google Calendar With Another Person
You can also share your calendar by adding someone to Google Calendar. With this method of Google sharing calendars, you can also allow another person to make changes to your calendar.
If I find any other people who are movie fanatics like me, I may want to share my “Movie Festival Calendar” with them. Here’s how to sync Google Calendars with someone else by adding them:
- We need to scroll down to the next section that says “Share with specific people”.
- Then, click “Add People”.
You must know the email addresses of anyone that you want to share your calendar with. When you click “Add people” you can either:
- Share the calendar with an existing contact list
OR
- Add a new email contact.
When we add our new contact, we must decide how much access and permission to give for the shared Google Calendar in the permission settings.
If you are hosting an event, you most likely will only want people to see event details, not change them. However, if you are a business owner, you probably would want your assistant to be able to make changes and manage sharing. Therefore, for how to give someone access to your Google Calendar, you should choose the option “make changes to events”.
Sometimes, in an office, you may only want people to be able to see whether you have free time on your calendar or if you are busy. You may not want them to have all the explicit details of your meetings and what you were doing. In that case, you should set their permission settings to “See only free / busy”.
Once we have set access and added the email of our contact, we can hit “Send” to share the calendar with the person or group.
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How to Share Your Calendar With Someone Who Doesn’t Have a Google Account
We showed you how to share a Gmail calendar when it requires both users to have Gmail, but you can still share with someone who doesn’t have a Google account. You just have to follow the above steps for sharing a calendar, but you must make sure the Make available to the public checkbox is selected. That way, when you click Get sharable link, the calendar will open a window that doesn’t require a Google account.
How to Share Google Calendars with Team or Group
Note that you need to have an existing Google Group to share for this to work. Otherwise, you’ll have to create one first. To share the calendar with your group, you just have to add the group email in the Share with specific people menu. You can even share multiple calendars with your team.
How to Sync Your Google Calendar on iOS
- Open the device settings on your iOS device
- Find and press tap the Apple Calendar app
- Tap Accounts > Add account > Google
- Put your email address in, then press Next
- Input your password and tap Next
- Other Google services will now also sync so make sure you turn them off if you don’t want them to.
How to Share Google Calendar on Mobile
If you are using an Android device or an iPhone, adding people to Google Calendar is still very possible. However, one thing to note is that you can’t share your calendar on the Google Calendar app you must use your browser.
Here’s how to share Google Calendar with someone on mobile:
- Open your browser and go to the Google Calendar website.
- If the site opens in mobile view, scroll to the bottom and choose Desktop view.
- Go to My Calendars section.
- Locate the calendar that you want to share on the left side of the screen.
- Tap the calendar and tap on those same three vertical dots you clicked when you changed the calendar color.
- Select “Settings and Sharing”
- Check the option for Make available to public option.
- Select Get shareable link.
- You can also add people to the calendar in the same way as mentioned above.
You can share the link with the people you want to share your calendar with. You can also use any of the other sharing options above on your mobile on the Google Calendar website. Unfortunately, for now, there is no way to share your calendar on the Google Calendar app, but there are plenty of collaborative features like proposing new meeting times.
How to Disable Calendar Sharing
Once you’re done with an event or if you’ve made an error, you may want to disable calendar sharing. You can view your shared calendars
Here’s how to disable calendar sharing:
- Go to My calendar and select the calendar you want to stop sharing.
- Click the three dots to the right of the calendar.
- Choose Settings and Permissions.
- Go to Access permissions for events.
- Find the person you want to stop sharing with and click the X to the right of their email to remove them.
Google will immediately stop sharing the calendar with other people, and they will no longer have access to it.
How to Share Your Google Calendar FAQ
Can I Unshare a Google Calendar?
Yes, you can unshare a Google Calendar with the following steps:
- Click the calendar you wish to unshare on the Google Calendar webpage
- Click settings and sharing
- Click the X next to the person’s name you wish to unshare the calendar with
Can Other Users Edit My Calendars?
When you share the calendar, you choose the permissions that others have. If you chose Make changes to events, then they can.
Can I Remove a Google Calendar That Was Shared With Me?
Yes, you just have to follow these steps:
- Open Google Calendar
- Pick the calendar you want to remove
- Select Remove calendar
Wrapping up
As you can see, learning to share a Google Calendar with others is quick and easy. It is just as easy to create a Google Calendar from scratch. Remember, you can create several calendars to match your personal interests or professional business. Make your calendars public, share them with a trusted group, or just share them with one person. Either way, Google Calendars are a great way to share your availability and see the availability of others. Never miss out on an event!
If you were wondering how do I share my Google Calendar? We hope this guide has all the answers you need. This concludes our lesson on how to share Google Calendar. I hope you enjoy using this awesome Google feature in the future.
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