Aug 30, 2019

Family calendar missing

I've just created a family link for myself, my wife and my daughter.

However, I now cannot see the family calendar in the Google calendar app - but my wife can. 

I cannot create family events, but my wife can. 

Nothing I do fixes it, and there is old posts about this exact issue (which are now locked with no resolution). 

Come on Google, this cannot be that difficult to fix!
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Last edited by Tenley H Jun 24, 2023
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Sep 7, 2023
This is an ongoing issue that has been reported to Google. The steps below sometimes allow users to add the calendar to their account if it's not there automatically. These steps did not work for me initially, but when I tried it again a while later it did.

First, from an account that has access to the family calendar, go to settings for that calendar, scroll down to Integrate Calendar

Method 1- Public URL
1. Copy the public URL, https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=family######%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York (where ##### is a unique ID for your family group, CTZ will be your local timezone)
2. In the account that does not have the calendar, click the + next to Other Calendars and select Public URL
3. Paste the URL from step 1

Method 2- Calendar ID
1. Copy the calendar ID, family#####@group.calendar.google.com (where ##### is a unique ID for your family group)
2. In the account that does not have the calendar, click the + next to Other Calendars and select "subscribe to calendar"
3. Paste the Google group email address from step 1.

Hopefully this helps some people! This is an open issue with Google and I will share any updates I receive. 
Last edited Dec 6, 2023
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Do you see the family calendar on desktop at calendar.google.com
Feb 27, 2020
Mitul Kotak - this does not work.  It says my child doesn't have access to the Family calendar.
Mar 4, 2020
Same here. Found no solution since we started our Google family account in 2019
Mar 4, 2020
Same issue here. Everyone in my family can see it EXCEPT me
Mar 6, 2020
Same isuse here.
Apr 4, 2020
My issue was similar: The family calendar was visible to 4 out of 5 family members with no solution other than to manually add the calendar ID within calendar settings of the person who didn't have access. Unlike some who posted above, I did not need to create a "new" google account in order for this to work. The solution gives the person access to the family calendar but it shows up in the "other calendar" section rather than "my calendars." 

Here are the steps (as some have mentioned above, but without creating a fake account)

1. Using a computer, go to the calendar of a family member who does have access to the family calendar. 
  • Go to settings
  • On the left-hand side, scroll down to "settings for my calendar" and click on "family"
  • On the right-hand side, scroll down to "integrate calendar"
  • Copy the calendar ID (it looks like an email address)
2. Log into the calendar of the account which does not have access to the family calendar
  • Go to settings
  • on the left hand side, click on add calendar > subscribe to calendar
  • paste or enter the address
The family member should now have access to the family calendar.
May 24, 2023
this works for me too.
May 25, 2023
When I do this, it says that my child does not have access to the calendar and I have to request access.  But I don't know how to grant access because I don't know where the request is going.
Apr 14, 2020
To add to the previous answer, I have found and easy way to move the Family Calendar (or any other calendar) from the "Other Calendar" tab into the "My Calendar" tab. Try this:

On the desktop calendar app, open settings and click on any calendar. Scroll down to  "Integrate Calendar" section and click on the "Customise" button. This opens a new chrome tab showing a different representation of all your open calendars. 

On the left hand side menu (at the bottom) untick all open calendars except "Family" (or the calendar you want to move from "Other calendars" to "My calendars") 

Click on the "copy" button at the top right of the page to copy the "embed code"

Return to the tab showing Calendar settings and click on "Add Calendar"

Click on "Subscribe to Calendar" and paste in the "embed code" copiied from the previous tab into the "Add Calendar" box and hit return. 

You should now find that the "Family" calendar (or whatever calendar you are trying to move) has moved from "Other Calendars" to "My Calendars".

I hope this helps.

Neil.
Last edited Apr 14, 2020
Apr 22, 2020
My phone and computer died about the same time and when I replaced both, my google calendar account was there but the family calendar was gone and all future events that I have recurring were gone. Practically blank. Is this a version of the same issue?
May 20, 2020
Same issue here. My wife has the calendar, I don't. Tried adding by subscribing and it tells me I don't have access to this calendar
Sep 9, 2021
Yes, I'm having exactly the same problem. What a huge waste of time and energy. I took the trouble of setting up a family calendar and now I can't access it. It's almost as though I doesn't exist. 

Come on google. Get this sorted.
Oct 15, 2021
Can see family Calendar, bu my kid cant - what's the deal?
May 25, 2023
So frustrated.  Any solution?
Nov 1, 2021
Same issue and support told me to just create a new calendar and share it...
May 25, 2023
I tried that but then it says that the my daughter already as access to it but it doesn't show up in her list.
Recommended Answer
Sep 7, 2023
This is an ongoing issue that has been reported to Google. The steps below sometimes allow users to add the calendar to their account if it's not there automatically. These steps did not work for me initially, but when I tried it again a while later it did.

First, from an account that has access to the family calendar, go to settings for that calendar, scroll down to Integrate Calendar

Method 1- Public URL
1. Copy the public URL, https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=family######%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York (where ##### is a unique ID for your family group, CTZ will be your local timezone)
2. In the account that does not have the calendar, click the + next to Other Calendars and select Public URL
3. Paste the URL from step 1

Method 2- Calendar ID
1. Copy the calendar ID, family#####@group.calendar.google.com (where ##### is a unique ID for your family group)
2. In the account that does not have the calendar, click the + next to Other Calendars and select "subscribe to calendar"
3. Paste the Google group email address from step 1.

Hopefully this helps some people! This is an open issue with Google and I will share any updates I receive. 
Last edited Dec 6, 2023
Platinum Product Expert Tenley H recommended this
Nov 18, 2023
Same here. A "supervised child" in the family can't see the calendar. Have tried both methods to add/subscribe to calendar and get permissions error.
Renders it not very useful unfortunately.
Dec 1, 2023
Same problem here. All family members beside me can acess the family calendar. I am the family admin and can't see and can't add the calendar because of the anoying access error.

If I add a member someone else is unable to see the calendar. :-(
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