Change Google Calendar notifications
To stay informed about your events, you can change or set up your notification settings. You get these notifications:
- On your phone
- In your web browser
- By email
You can change your notification settings for just one event or for many events.
Learn how notifications work on your account
- Your notification settings are personal and apply only to your account, whether you use a personal, work, or school account.
- No one else can change your notification settings, including people you share your calendar with or people can make changes to events on your calendar.
- Your specific settings don’t affect the notifications of others who have access to the calendar.
- Your calendar-level settings determine your notifications for new events, unless you customize them for a specific event.
Learn how to change your notification settings
Important: Any changes you make on your phone also sync with your computer notifications. For example, on your phone, if you set a “1 hour before” notification, you also get a pop-up notification on your computer one hour before the event.
You can choose to:
- Change your default notifications for events that happen once and events that last all day.
- Get notifications on your device, by email, or both.
For a specific calendar
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Calendar app 👁 Calendar
. - At the top left, tap Menu 👁 Menu
. - At the bottom, tap Settings 👁 Settings
. - Select one of your calendars 👁 and then
a notification.- To remove a notification: Select No notification.
- To change a notification: Select when you want to get the notification.
- To add a notification: Select Add a notification or Add another notification.
Tip: Any changes you make to the notifications are only for you. Event guests get notifications based on their own settings.
For just one event
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Calendar app 👁 Calendar
. - Select an event.
- Tap Edit 👁 Edit
. - To add a notification:
- Tap Add notification.
- Set how and when you want to get notified.
- Tap Done.
- To delete the notification, tap Remove 👁 Remove
. - Tap Save.
Tip: Any changes you make to the notifications are only for you. Event guests get notifications based on their own settings.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Calendar app 👁 Calendar
. - At the top left, tap Menu 👁 Menu
. - At the bottom, tap Settings 👁 Settings
👁 and then
General. - In the “Notifications” section, tap Calendar notifications.
- Select your notification, tone, and vibration settings.
Tip: To change your notification sound, tap Sound.
Learn how to turn off notifications
If you want to turn off all the notifications for Calendar, change your calendar’s main settings. You can change the settings from your phone or computer as notifications sync across your devices.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Calendar app 👁 Calendar
. - At the top left, tap Menu 👁 Menu
. - At the bottom, tap Settings 👁 Settings
. - Select one of your calendars.
- Tap a notification 👁 and then
No notification.- Do the same for each notification.
If you have more than one account or calendar, do these steps for each one.
Important: Settings can differ on each device. If the steps here don’t match, contact your device manufacturer.
If you turn off your phone notifications, you still get them on your computer and through email.
- On your Android phone, open the Settings app.
- Tap Notifications 👁 and then
App notifications 👁 and then
Calendar. - Turn off notifications for Calendar.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Calendar app 👁 Calendar
. - At the top left, tap Menu 👁 Menu
. - At the bottom, tap Settings 👁 Settings
. - Select one of your calendars 👁 and then
a notification 👁 and then
No notification.
Important: If you get the same notifications from another calendar app, you can turn off notifications for the other app. These steps might differ for your device. If the steps here don’t match, contact your device manufacturer.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Settings app.
- Find the “Apps” or “Application manager” section.
- You might need to scroll or go to a different page in settings.
- Select the calendar app you don't want notifications for.
- Find the “Notifications” section.
- Change your settings.