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.

Tip: You won't get notifications for flights or reservations that Gmail adds.

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.
Change your notification settings

For a specific calendar

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Calendar app Calendar.
  2. At the top left, tap Menu Menu.
  3. At the bottom, tap Settings Settings.
  4. 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

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Calendar app Calendar.
  2. Select an event.
  3. Tap Edit Edit.
  4. To add a notification:
    1. Tap Add notification.
    2. Set how and when you want to get notified.
    3. Tap Done.
  5. To delete the notification, tap Remove Remove.
  6. Tap Save.

Tip: Any changes you make to the notifications are only for you. Event guests get notifications based on their own settings.

Change sound & vibration settings
  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Calendar app Calendar.
  2. At the top left, tap Menu Menu.
  3. At the bottom, tap Settings Settings and then General.
  4. In the “Notifications” section, tap Calendar notifications.
  5. Select your notification, tone, and vibration settings.

Tip: To change your notification sound, tap Sound.

Learn how to turn off notifications

Turn off all 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.

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Calendar app Calendar.
  2. At the top left, tap Menu Menu.
  3. At the bottom, tap Settings Settings.
  4. Select one of your calendars.
  5. 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.

​Turn off notifications only on your phone

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.

  1. On your Android phone, open the Settings app.
  2. Tap Notifications and then App notifications and then Calendar.
  3. Turn off notifications for Calendar.
Turn off email notifications
  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Calendar app Calendar.
  2. At the top left, tap Menu Menu.
  3. At the bottom, tap Settings Settings.
  4. Select one of your calendars and then a notification and then No notification.
Turn off notifications for another calendar app

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.

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Settings app.
  2. Find the “Apps” or “Application manager” section.
    • You might need to scroll or go to a different page in settings.
  3. Select the calendar app you don't want notifications for.
  4. Find the “Notifications” section.
  5. Change your settings.​
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