How to Stop Email Notifications From Google Calendar

To stop email notifications from Google Calendar, open Calendar on a computer, go to Settings, click your calendar under Settings for my calendars, and remove each email notification under Event notifications and All-day event notifications. Then click Other notifications and set emails about changed events, new invites, and replies to None.

These steps follow Google Calendar Help’s Change Google Calendar notifications page for computers and its Android version. Google says your notification settings are personal: they only change what you receive, not what people you share a calendar with receive.

How to Turn Off Event Reminder Emails

Event reminder emails are set for each calendar you own. Google says you need to use Calendar in a web browser, like Chrome or Safari, to change these settings on a computer.

1. Open Google Calendar in a web browser on your computer.
2. Click the Settings (gear) icon at the top right, then click Settings.
3. On the left, under Settings for my calendars, click the calendar.
4. Find Event notifications and All-day event notifications.
5. Click Remove notification next to any email notification, or change it from email to a regular notification.

Result: New events on that calendar no longer send reminder emails. Google notes that calendar-level settings decide your notifications for new events unless you customize a specific event. If you have more than one calendar, repeat these steps for each one.

How to Turn Off Emails About Invites and Changes

Google lists these under a separate setting for emails about event changes.

1. Open Google Calendar in a web browser on your computer.
2. Click the Settings (gear) icon at the top right, then click Settings.
3. Under Settings for my calendars, click the calendar name.
4. Click Other notifications.
5. Next to each category, such as Changed events or Event responses, open the drop-down menu and choose None.

Result: You stop getting emails for those categories. Choose Email again for any category you want back.

How to Stop Emails for One Event

1. Open Google Calendar on your computer.
2. Click the event, then click Edit event.
3. Next to Notifications, click Remove on the email notification.
4. Click Save at the top.

Result: Only that event changes. Your other events keep their calendar-level settings.

How to Cut Down Notifications for All Events

Google also has account-wide notification settings. These control how notifications reach you for all your events, alongside the per-calendar settings above.

1. Open Google Calendar on your computer.
2. Click the Settings (gear) icon at the top right, then click Settings.
3. On the left, under General, click Notification settings.
4. Use the Notifications drop-down to choose how you want to receive notifications, or check Notify me only if I have responded Yes or Maybe.

Result: Your general notification preferences change for all events. Google notes that the “Yes or Maybe” option means you only get notified about events you’ve responded to that way.

How to Turn Off Email Reminders in the Android App

Google’s Android instructions say you can also remove email reminders from the Google Calendar app, and the change syncs to your other devices.

1. Open the Google Calendar app on your Android phone or tablet.
2. Tap Menu at the top left, then tap Settings at the bottom.
3. Select one of your calendars.
4. Tap a notification and select No notification. Do the same for each email notification.

Result: Those reminders stop on all your devices, since Google says notification changes on your phone sync with your computer. Repeat for each account or calendar. The Other notifications emails for invites and changes are changed on a computer, as shown above.

Still Getting Calendar Emails?

• Check every calendar. Notification settings are per calendar, so a second calendar can still send emails.
• Check your other calendar apps. Apple Calendar on a Mac can add its own alerts on top of Google’s, so check its Alerts settings too.
• Invites still arrive. Google says that if you don’t use Calendar, you get emails when someone creates, updates, or deletes an event you’re invited to.
• Filter instead of turning off. Google suggests Gmail filters to label or archive calendar emails you still want to keep.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will turning off my email notifications affect other people?

No. Google says your notification settings apply only to your account, and they don’t change notifications for anyone else who has access to the calendar.

Can I keep pop-up reminders but stop emails?

Yes. In Event notifications, change each email notification to a regular notification instead of removing it. Google says notifications can come by email, as desktop notifications, or as alerts inside Calendar.

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