Add or remove holidays on your calendar
Important: To learn more about changes on how Calendar shows holidays and other moments, check The Keyword blog.
Holidays are automatically added to your calendar. You can update your calendar settings to:
- Show public holidays and other observances, public holidays only, or selected holidays.
- Add or remove holidays from other countries or regions.
- Add or remove religious holidays.
- Hide or unhide individual holidays.
- Change the color of holiday events.
To show the holidays most important to you, you can customize your calendar.
Tips:
- Calendar shows public holidays and national observances using information from a third-party company that specializes in this data. This information is regularly updated and available for every country where Calendar can be used.
- To add specific holidays, you can subscribe to third-party holiday calendars published on the web.
Select holidays to show on your calendar
Important: You can’t delete or edit the details of individual holidays on your calendar.
Public holidays and other observances appear on your calendar by default. To show public holidays only:
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Calendar app 👁 Calendar
. - At the top left, tap Menu 👁 Menu
👁 and then
Settings 👁 and then
Holidays. - Tap National Holidays.
- Select your preferred country or region.
- Under the country or region you’ve selected, select one of these:
- All holidays
- Public holidays only
- At the bottom, tap OK.
Add or remove country and region holidays
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Calendar app 👁 Calendar
. - At the top left, tap Menu 👁 Menu
👁 and then
Settings 👁 and then
Holidays. - Tap the country or region you’re subscribed to.
- To add, select a country from the list 👁 and then
Public and other holidays or Public holidays only. - To remove, select a country from the list 👁 and then
Don’t show.
- To add, select a country from the list 👁 and then
Add or remove religious holidays
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Calendar app 👁 Calendar
. - At the top left, tap Menu 👁 Menu
👁 and then
Settings 👁 and then
Holidays. - Tap Add religious holidays.
- To add or remove a religious holiday, tap it.
Hide all holidays from your calendar
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Calendar app 👁 Calendar
. - At the top left, tap Menu 👁 Menu
. - To the left of “Holidays,” tap the box.
Tip: Calendars with an empty box are already hidden from your calendar.
Hide individual holidays from your calendar
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Calendar app 👁 Calendar
. - Select a holiday.
- Tap More options 👁 Image
👁 and then
Hide this holiday 👁 and then
Hide.
Unhide individual holidays from your calendar
Important: You can unhide all hidden holidays on your phone, but for individual holidays, you must use your computer.
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Calendar app 👁 Calendar
. - At the top left, tap Menu 👁 Menu
👁 and then
Settings 👁 and then
Holidays. - To restore all individually hidden holidays, tap your preferred holiday calendar 👁 and then
All holidays or Public holidays only.
Change the color of holiday events
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Calendar app 👁 Calendar
. - At the top left, tap Menu 👁 Menu
👁 and then
Settings 👁 and then
Holidays. - Select a new color.
Tips:
- The color applies to all holiday events on your calendar.
- You can’t individually change the color of holiday events.