How to Stop Google Calendar from Automatically Adding Gmail Events

To stop Google Calendar from adding events from Gmail, open Google Calendar on a computer, click Settings (the gear icon) > Settings, click Google Workspace smart features, and uncheck Show events from Gmail. Flight, hotel, restaurant, and ticket confirmations stop appearing on your calendar.

This covers Google Calendar in a web browser and the Calendar app for iPhone, iPad, and Android. It also covers the separate invitation setting, which is usually the real source of spam events.

How to Stop Gmail Events From Showing in Google Calendar

1. Open Google Calendar in a browser and sign in to the account that gets the events.
2. At the top right, click Settings (the gear icon), then click Settings.
3. In the left column, click Google Workspace smart features.
4. Uncheck Show events from Gmail.

5. In the pop-up, click OK.

Check a date with a past booking. The Gmail event is gone, and the confirmation email is still in Gmail. To undo this, check the box again. These steps follow Google’s Manage your events from Gmail help page.

On an iPhone, iPad, or Android Phone

1. Open the Google Calendar app.
2. At the top left, tap Menu, then Settings.
3. Tap Events from Gmail.
4. Turn off Show events from Gmail. If you have several accounts in the app, turn it off for each one.

The Bigger Switch: Smart Features

Google says turning off Smart features in Google Workspace also stops Gmail from adding events. It controls more than calendar events: Google’s smart features page lists personalized search in Drive and Gemini features in Workspace too. Use the checkbox above unless you want all of that off. To change it on a computer, open Gmail, click Settings > See all settings, scroll to Google Workspace smart features on the General tab, click Manage Workspace smart feature settings, turn off Smart features in Google Workspace, and click Save.

What Kinds of Events Get Added?

• Flight, train, and bus reservations
• Hotel and restaurant reservations
• Tickets and registrations, such as movies, shows, and medical appointments

These events update when a reservation changes, use your default notification settings, and by default are visible only to you, even on a shared calendar. The feature starts off in the European Economic Area, Japan, Switzerland, and the UK, and on everywhere else.

To find the confirmation emails themselves, search category:reservations, as explained in Gmail tabs and inbox types.

Still Getting Unwanted Events? Check Invitation Settings

Spam events and meetings other people send are invitations, which use a different setting:

1. In Google Calendar, click Settings > Settings.
2. Under General, click Event settings > Add invitations to my calendar.
3. Choose Only if the sender is known or When I respond to the invitation in email.

Invitations from unknown senders then arrive as an email instead of a calendar entry. The change applies only to new invitations, and choosing Only if the sender is known might reveal to senders that they aren’t in your contacts. See Manage invitations in Calendar.

Delete spam events that are already there without clicking links in them, and report the matching email as spam. To stop a repeat sender, block their email address in Gmail.

How to Delete One Event From Gmail

On a computer, click the event and click Delete event. In the phone app, open the event, tap More options > Delete, and confirm. Your settings and the email stay the same.

Troubleshooting

• Events still appear after you unchecked the box: they’re probably invitations. Change Add invitations to my calendar.
• Wrong account: settings are per account. Check the profile picture at the top right and repeat the steps for each account.
• No Show events from Gmail option: events from Gmail don’t work for government accounts, accounts with data location restrictions, or accounts without Gmail.
• Work or school account: your administrator may control which invitation settings you can use.
• Events show in another calendar app: Gmail events also appear in programs synced with Google Calendar, so turn them off in Google Calendar itself.

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