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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Stop Spammers From Attacking Your Google Calendar

 Google Calendar Spam Event

Stop Calendar From Adding Invites Automatically

One of Google Calendar’s default settings is to add event invites automatically to the calendar. To turn this off, click on the gear icon found in the top-right of the display and then select “Settings”.

Google Calendar Click Gear and Settings

Next, choose “Event settings” found in the left sidebar.

Google Calendar Select Event Settings

Locate the drop-down that’s labeled “Automatically add invitations”. Click on the arrow.

Google Calendar Select Automatically Add Invites

Lastly, select “No, only show invitations to which I have responded”.

Google Calendar Select No Only Invites Responded

Stop Calendar From Adding Events From Gmail

Google Calendar also pulls events directly from Gmail. If someone emails you an invite—sometimes even when it goes to the spam folder—it ends up on your calendar. To turn off this feature, head back into the Settings menu by clicking on the gear icon and selecting “Settings”.

Next, choose “Events from Gmail” from the left sidebar.

Google Calendar Select Events from Gmail

Uncheck the box next to “Automatically add events from Gmail to my calendar”.

Google Calendar Toggle Off Automatic Gmail Events

Google Calendar will ask you to confirm this action. Click “OK” to approve the change.

Google Calendar Select Confirmation OK

Hide Declined Calendar Invites

If you’ve gone through and declined the spammy calendar events, they’ll still show up in Google Calendar but crossed out. The reason for this is that it continues to display declined events by default.

To turn the feature off, head back to Google Calendar’s Settings menu. As mentioned before, you get there by clicking on the gear icon and then selecting “Settings”.

Once there, choose “View options” located in the left sidebar.

Google Calendar Select View Options

Uncheck the box next to “Show declined events” to remove the diminished invites.

Google Calendar Toggle Off Show Declined Events

Hide Declined Events on Mobile

Oddly enough, when you decide to hide declined events from the desktop view, they still appear in the Android, iPhone, and iPad apps. If you want them not to be shown, launch the mobile app, open the overflow menu by tapping on the hamburger icon in the top-left corner, scroll down, and tap on “Settings”.

Google Calendar Mobile Click Settings

Next, select “General”.

Google Chrome Mobile Click General Edited

Lastly, toggle off “Show declined events”.

Google Calendar Mobile Toggle Off Show Declined Events

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