How to cancel a Google Calendar Event
Google Calendar offers smart event invites. You can attach Zoom or Google Meet links to an invite, have invitees RSVP to an event, and you can update the event for everyone and automatically send out the updated invite.
Google Calendar Event
A Google Calendar event can be created by anyone however, the creator will control the list of people invited to the event. The event can be posted publicly as well via the publish feature. The thing about events is, they can change. The time may change, you may need to update important information about it, or you may need to cancel it.
Cancel Google Calendar event
You can cancel a Google Calendar event as easily as you can create it. When you cancel a Google Calendar event, you have the option to update everyone as to why it’s being cancelled.
- Open Google Calendar.
- Go to the date on the calendar that the event you want to cancel is on.
- Click the event.
- In the pop-up that opens, click the delete/trash icon.
- Enter a reason for cancelling the event.
- Click Send.
- The event will be cancelled and everyone will be informed.
Sending an email about an event’s cancellation is option. You can skip sending this email but your invitees won’t know that it’s been cancelled. If you have another method for notifying them, you can use it instead. Any reminders that are set up to be sent before the event starts will not be sent. An event is removed from the ‘Bin’ after thirty days. You have as much time to restore a deleted event if you want.
Google Calendar event – Undo delete
If you’ve mistakenly deleted a Google Calendar event, you can easily recover it. To recover it, follow these steps.
- Open Google Calendar.
- Click the settings/gear icon.
- Select Bin from the menu.
- Hover over the event you want to restore.
- Click the restore/arrow button to restore the event.
Conclusion
Google Calendar invites are often preferred over Outlook invites simply because not everyone uses Outlook. In contrast, everyone who has a Gmail or Google account automatically uses Google Calendar. Google Calendar event invites are thus easier to accept. Additionally, you’ll find that these events sync to desktop email clients like Outlook and Mail, and to mobile apps like Calendar on iOS if a user has added their Google account to the app/device. Google Calendar works with almost every calendar tool which is why it’s the safer choice.
