How to Stop Gmail from Adding Events to Google Calendar on Android

This wikiHow teaches you how to stop seeing events from your Gmail account in Google Calendar for Android.

Steps

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    Open the Calendar app. It’s the blue and white calendar icon labeled “Calendar” on your home screen. If you don’t see it there, you will find it in the app drawer.
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    Tap ☰. It’s at the top-left corner of the screen. This opens the menu.
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    Scroll down and tap Settings. It’s near the bottom of the menu.
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    Tap Events from Gmail.
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    Slide the switch to the
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    position.     A pop-up will appear.
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    Tap Continue. As long as this switch is on (blue), the Calendar app will not display events it pulls from your Gmail account.
    • Events that were previously added from your Gmail account will be removed from the Calendar app.

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Article SummaryX

1. Open Calendar.
2. Tap ☰.
3. Tap Settings.
4. Tap Events from Gmail.
5. Slide the switch to the On position.
6. Tap Continue.

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