How to Merge Google Calendars

This Itechguide teaches you how to merge Google Calendars. The guide covers 3 steps to merge Google Calendars from a PC.

Step 1: Export the Calendars

• Open Calendar.Google.com from a browser on your PC. Then, login with your Google Account.

• At the left pane of Google Calendar, hover your mouse over the calendar you want to export. A menu will be displayed beside the calendar. To display the menu options, click on the menu.

• Then, from the displayed menu, click Settings & sharing. The calendar Settings will be displayed.

• On the right pane of the Calendar settings page, beneath the calendar owner, click Export calendar. The Save as explorer window will open.

• Navigate to the folder you want to save the exported calendar. Then, give the file a descriptive name and click Save. The file will be saved as a zip file.

Step 2: Create a New Calendar (Optional)

This is an optional step. If you rather import the exported calendars into one of the existing calendars, proceed to the next step – Import the Exported Calendars.

• Click the gear icon on the top right of Google Calendar. Then, click Settings. The General Settings will open by default.

• Scroll down the left pane and click Add calendar. Options to add a new calendar will be displayed.

• From the displayed options, click Create new calendar.

• Finally, on the Create new calendar window, give the calendar a name and add a description (optional). Then, beneath the fields, click Create calendar.

• To return to the home page, at the top left of the page, click the back arrow beside Settings.

Step 3: Import the Exported Calendars

The final step to merge Google Calendars is to import the exported calendars into a single Calendar. Here are the steps…

• Open the folder you saved the exported calendars to. Then right-click the zip file and select Extract All…

• On the Select a Destination and Extract Files window, click Extract. The calendar will extract the Google Calendar file into a folder with the same name as the original zip file.

• Open your Google Calendar in the browser – Calendar.Google.com.
• Then, on the left pane of Google Calendar page, hover over the calendar you want to merge other calendars into. The calendar menu icon will become available.
• To display its menu options, click the menu.

• From the displayed menu options, click Settings & sharing.

• Then, on the left pane of the Calendar Settings page, click Import & export. Calendar Import tab will be displayed by default.

• On the right pane of Import, click Select file from your computer.

• Then, navigate to the folder you extracted the zipped file and open the folder.

• When the folder opens, double-click the calendar file to open it.

• Finally, to start importing the calendar and merge Google Calendars, click Import.

• The events in the calendar will be imported and you will be notified of the result.

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