Import events to Google Calendar

You can transfer your events from a different calendar application or Google Business relationship to Google Agenda.

When you import an event, guests and conference data for that effect are not imported.

Step ane: Export events

Export your events as a file that you can import into Google. Cull one of these options:

Export from another calendar awarding

You can consign your events from most calendar applications, such Outlook Calendar or Apple Calendar.

  1. Open up the calendar awarding where your events are currently stored.
    • Tip: It'southward commonly easier to practise this chore from a computer than from a mobile device.
  2. Find an pick to Consign.
  3. Choose a file format:
    • If you can choose from different file formats, choose CSV.
    • If you use an Apple device, cull vCard.

For more assistance, check your calendar awarding'southward help center or try to use the words "export calendar" in your search.

Your file is stored on your computer where your downloads are usually saved or in the place you chose when yous exported.

Consign from a dissimilar Google Business relationship

If you have more than i Google Account, you can consign your calendars from ane account and import them into some other.

  1. On a computer, sign in to the Google Account that yous want to export from. Yous can only consign from a computer, not a telephone or tablet.
  2. To export your calendar, follow these steps.
  3. When yous export your calendar, download an .ics file to your computer.
  4. Sign in to the Google Account where you desire to import.
  5. To import your agenda, go along to "Create or edit .csv and  iCal files before you import."

Tip: Imported events don't stay in sync betwixt your two accounts. If you lot desire your calendars to sync, share your calendar with the other account.

Step two: Import events into Google Calendar

​After you export your events, you lot can import them into Google Calendar. You tin import with ICS and CSV files on a computer.

  1. Open Google Calendar.
  2. In the superlative right, click Settings Settings and then Settings.
  3. In the menu on the left, click Import & Export.
  4. Click Select file from your computer and select the file y'all exported. The file should end in ".ics" or ".csv."
  5.  Cull which calendar to add the imported events to.
    • Past default, events are imported into your primary agenda.
  6. Click Import.

  7. If y'all have a .zip file, observe it on your reckoner and open information technology. You'll find .ics files for each of your calendars. Take the individual files out of the .nothing file, and import each .ics file individually.

If you import echo events from a .csv file, they might non show upwardly that way. They'll be on your calendar as a series of one-time events.

Avant-garde: Create or edit .csv or iCal files earlier you import

Create or edit a .csv file

You can import .csv (comma separated values) files into Google Calendar. If you go an error when you import a .csv file, you might exist able to fix the formatting.

Open a .csv file or create one with a spreadsheet editor like Google Sheets.

The kickoff row of your new spreadsheet includes headers like "Discipline" and "Kickoff Engagement." To import into Google Calendar, the headers must be in English. For the right headers y'all demand to import into Calendar, go to the list below.

Each row below the header row represents an upshot. For example:

Subject Start date Offset time
Concluding examination 05/30/2020 x:00 AM

When y'all're done, salve the file as a .csv file. Then, to import the file into Google Calendar, follow the steps in "Import events into Google Calendar."

Format headers & events in .csv files

Only the first 2 headers in this listing are required. The rest are optional.

Important: The headers must be in English as shown in this article. If any event details have commas (like the location case given), y'all tin can include them with quotation marks around the text.

  • Subject
    (Required) The proper noun of the event
    Example: Concluding exam
  • Start Date
    (Required) The get-go day of the event
    Instance: 05/30/2020
  • First Time
    The fourth dimension the event begins
    Example: 10:00 AM
  • End Date
    The last day of the consequence
    Case: 05/30/2020
  • End Time
    The fourth dimension the event ends
    Example: 1:00 PM
  • All Day Event
    Whether the event is an all-24-hour interval event.
    • If information technology's an all-24-hour interval event, enter True.
    • If it isn't an all-solar day event, enter Imitation.
      Example: Faux
  • Clarification
    Description or notes about the event
    Example: "50 multiple choice questions and 2 essay questions"
  • Location
    The location for the event
    Example: "Columbia, Schermerhorn 614"
  • Individual
    Whether the event should exist marked individual.
    • If it's private, enter True.
    • If it isn't private, enter False.
      Example: True

These examples would create the following upshot:

  • Issue: "Final exam" on May 30, 2020 ten:00 AM–1:00 PM
  • Location: "Columbia, Schermerhorn 614"
  • Description: "50 multiple option questions and two essay questions"
  • Private: Private effect

Create or edit an iCalendar file

iCalendar files are a standard calendar format used to transfer calendar data. If you get an error when yous import an iCalendar file (.ics), you might be able to fix the formatting.

  1. With a text editor application that can save .ics files, open up an .ics file or create one.
  2. Format your file with the guidelines below.
    • You lot tin can export an .ics file from Google Calendar to use as an example.
  3. When you're washed, salvage the file as an .ics file.

Format iCalendar files

The offset line in an iCalendar file must always exist the header BEGIN:VCALENDAR. Other header information, such as VERSION:two.0 and "PRODID:<{enter ID information hither}>", must follow this header. The last line of the file must exist the footer END:VCALENDAR. Between these lines, enter  all the events in the calendar. Each event must be between BEGIN:VEVENT and End:VEVENT lines.

If you must manually edit an iCalendar file, make sure that each file contains the header and footer. If you're not sure where your header ends, copy and paste the text until ane line above BEGIN:VEVENT. This location is where your header ends and your event data starts.

Here'due south what an iCalendar file looks like. An iCalendar file can likewise have more than information, merely these are the required parts.

Brainstorm:VCALENDAR

VERSION:ii.0

PRODID:< {enter ID information here} >

{Other header information}

Begin:VEVENT

{Event details}

END:VEVENT

Begin:VEVENT

{Event details}

Cease:VEVENT

END:VCALENDAR

Troubleshooting

Related resources

  • Sync your calendar with other applications on a computer
  • Share your agenda with someone else
  • Sync Calendar with a phone or tablet

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