How to Send a Google Calendar Invite on iPhone or iPad

Written by Nicole Levine, MFA

Last Updated: April 16, 2018 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to invite someone to an event you created in Google Calendar when using an iPhone or iPad.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:
Creating a New Event

1
Open Google Calendar. It’s the blue calendar page with a white “31” inside, typically found on the home screen.
2
Tap
. It’s at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
3
Click Event. It’s the red icon with a white calendar inside.
4
Enter the event information.
- Type the event’s title into the box at the top of the screen.
- Enter the date (or start and end date for a multi-day event).
- Select a start and end time, or slide the “All-day” switch to the On position.
- Tap Add location to enter the address or place where the event is held.
- Tap More options to set additional preferences.
- Select your notification preferences (or click the X if you don’t want to be notified before the event).
5
Scroll down and tap Add guests. A list of contacts will appear.
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Select guests to invite. If you see someone you want to invite, tap their name to add them to the list. Otherwise, type a name or email address into the bar at the top of the screen, then select a person from the results.
- If you forget to invite someone now, you can edit the event to invite more people.
- Guests can invite others to the event by default. If you don’t want this to happen, slide the “Guests can add others” switch to the Off/gray position.
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Tap DONE. It’s at the top-right corner of the screen.
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Tap SAVE. It’s at the top-right corner of the screen. The event is created and invites have been sent.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:
Inviting to an Existing Event

1
Open Google Calendar. It’s the blue calendar page with a white “31” inside, typically found on the home screen.
2
Tap the event to which you want to invite people. This opens the event for editing.
3
Tap the pencil. It’s in a circle at the top-left corner of the event.
4
Scroll down and tap Add guests. It’s the icon with two gray outlines of people.
- If you’ve already invited guests, you don’t see “Add guests,” but you will see the two gray outlines of people.
5
Select guests to invite. If you see a potential guest on the screen, tap their name to add them to the list. If not, type a name or email address into the bar at the top of the screen, then select a person from the results.
- Tap as many guests as you wish to add.
- Guests can invite others to the event by default. If you don’t want this to happen, slide the “Guests can add others” switch to the Off/gray position.
6
Tap DONE. It’s at the top-right corner of the screen.
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Tap SAVE. It’s at the top-right corner of the screen. The event is updated and invites have been sent.

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Nicole Levine, MFA

Tech Specialist

This article was written by Nicole Levine, MFA. Nicole Levine is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. She has more than 20 years of experience creating technical documentation and leading support teams at major web hosting and software companies. Nicole also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Portland State University and teaches composition, fiction-writing, and zine-making at various institutions. This article has been viewed 7,338 times.

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