What To Do When Google Calendar Is Not Syncing

Instead of crying and yelling at the screen

Google uses a universal calendar system where it syncs your calendar details across all your devices. When the Calendar app stops syncing on a device, you can’t view newly added events on that device.

There are many reasons Google Calendar may not sync on your devices. Maybe yourphone doesn’t have enough spaceto store new calendar details. Or maybe you or someone else has disabled the sync feature. We’ll show how to fix these common issues with Google Calendar not syncing.

Make Sure The Calendar Is Enabled

If you don’t see newer events on your calendar, it may be you’ve selected the wrong calendar from the list. Most phones have multiple calendars and you need to select the calendar that you actually use.

Enable The Calendar Sync On Your Device

Most devices let you enable and disable syncing for various apps and features. A possible reason Google Calendar is not syncing is that the calendar sync is disabled on your device.

Turning that option back on should fix the issue.

Enable Syncing For Your Google Calendar

The Google Calendar app has an option to enable and disable sync for individual calendars. If this option is set to disabled for your calendar, that’s why your Google Calendar is not syncing. Turning this option on will make that calendar sync with the Google servers.

Manually Sync Your Google Calendar

The Calendar app has an option that lets you refresh your calendars and the entries within them. You can use this option to update your calendars when the automatic sync isn’t working.

Enable Calendar Storage On Your Phone

On most Android phones, you have an option that lets you specify storage permissions for various apps. If this option is disabled for the Calendar app, that may be why the app isn’t syncing your calendars.

To allow the app to use your phone’s storage:

Ensure You Have Enough Free Space On Your Device

When you sync your calendars, new information is usually added to your calendars. This uses your phone’s storage so you must have enough storage available to store the updated Google calendars on your device.

You can check the storage details on your iOS and Android phones as follows.

Clear The Calendar App Cache

Applications use cache files to provide you with an optimized app experience. However, sometimes, these cache files are the reason Google Calendar isn’t syncing on your device.Removing these filesshould fix the issue.

Reinstall The Google Calendar App On Your Device

If you didn’t have luck with any of the above methods, the last thing you can try is to reinstall the app on your device. This will force the app to rebuild configuration files which could fix the sync issues on your device.

Hopefully Google Calendar should now sync on your device.

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What To Do When Google Calendar Is Not Syncing#

Make Sure The Calendar Is Enabled#

Enable The Calendar Sync On Your Device#

Enable Syncing For Your Google Calendar#

Manually Sync Your Google Calendar#

Enable Calendar Storage On Your Phone#

Ensure You Have Enough Free Space On Your Device#

Clear The Calendar App Cache#

Reinstall The Google Calendar App On Your Device#