Mobile Phones iPhone & iOS How to Sync Google Calendar With iPhone Calendar Keep track of your schedule on every device by Heinz Tschabitscher Writer A former freelance contributor who has reviewed hundreds of email programs and services since 1997. our editorial process Heinz Tschabitscher Updated on December 22, 2020 reviewed by Jon Fisher Lifewire Tech Review Board Member Jonathan Fisher is a CompTIA certified technologist with more than 6 years' experience writing for publications like TechNorms and Help Desk Geek. our review board Article reviewed on Mar 28, 2020 Jon Fisher Tweet Share Email iPhone & iOS Switching from Android What To Know Go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts > Add Account > Google. Sign in. Tap Next > select Calendar > Save. Then, open the Calendar app, and select Calendars. You can manage the calendars you want to see there. This article explains how to sync Google Calendar with the iPhone Calendar app. These instructions apply to all currently supported iPhone models and should work for older ones as well. How to Sync Your iPhone Calendar With Your Google Calendar Apple's iOS operating system supports connections to Google accounts. To sync your iPhone and Google calendars: Open Settings. Select Passwords & Accounts. Earlier versions of iOS called this Accounts & Passwords. Select Add Account from the bottom of the list. In the list of officially supported options, select Google. Enter your Google Account email address and password. If you've set up two-factor authentication, you'll need to log into your account to set up an app password and use that as your password when you set up the account in iOS. Tap Next. You'll see sliders for Mail, Calendar, Contacts, and Notes. If you only want to sync the calendar, deselect everything except Calendar. Tap Save and wait for your calendars to sync with your iPhone. Depending on the size of your calendars and the speed of your connection, this process can take several minutes. Open the Calendar app. At the bottom of the screen, tap Calendars to display a list of all calendars to which your iPhone has access. It'll include all of your private, shared, and public calendars linked to your Google Account. Tap the circled red i beside the calendar name to change the default color associated with the calendar, then tap Done at the top of the screen. Select or deselect the individual calendars you want to appear when you're accessing the iOS calendar app. Limitations Google Calendar supports several features that do not work on Apple's Calendar app including the room scheduling tool, the creation of new Google calendars, and the transmission of email notifications for events. To use the features, you must access your Google account. Can You Sync Multiple Google and Apple Calendars? Got more than one Google account? You can add as many Google accounts as you want to your iPhone. The calendars from each account will be visible in the iOS Calendar app. Google Calendar and Apple Calendar Bidirectionality When you sync your Google account with your iPhone, any information you add to it using Apple's Calendar app will flow back to the Google Calendar. Even if you disconnect your Google account from your iPhone, the appointments you created will remain in your Google Calendar. Neither Apple nor Google supports the merging of calendars, although merging calendars is possible using some workarounds. Because each calendar is separate and has different security requirements, you cannot see any non-Google calendars loaded on your iPhone from within your Google account. Alternatives for Syncing Google Calendar to an iPhone Google offers a version of its calendar app for iOS, and several other developers offer iPhone apps that integrate with Google Calendars. For example, the Microsoft Outlook app for iOS integrates with both Gmail and Google Calendar. Either of these are good choice for people who want to access their Google Calendar but prefer not to use the stock iOS Calendar app. Tips for Syncing Calendars on Your iPhone Only sync the calendars you know you'll need on your phone. Calendar items generally don't hog space (unless you've got a ton of attachments in your appointments); however, the more devices that sync to a calendar, the more likely it becomes that you'll run across some sort of syncing collision. Limiting your iPhone to just the necessities reduces the risk that other calendars will incur a sync error. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Email Address Sign up There was an error. Please try again. You're in! Thanks for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. Thank you for signing up. Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit