google uses a universal calendar system in which it syncs your calendar details across all your devices. When the calendar app stops syncing on a device, you can’t see recently added events on that device.
There are many reasons why Google calendar may not sync on your devices. maybe your phone does not have enough space to store new calendar details. or maybe you or someone else has disabled the sync feature. we’ll show you how to fix these common problems with google calendar not syncing.
make sure the calendar is enabled
If you don’t see newer events on your calendar, you may have selected the wrong calendar from the list. most phones have multiple calendars and you need to select the calendar you actually use.
- Launch the google calendar app.
- Tap the hamburger icon in the upper left corner to open the app menu.
- You will see your google calendars under your account name. check the box for the calendar you want to use.
- You can enable multiple google calendars from this screen.
enable calendar sync on your device
Most devices allow you to enable and disable sync for various apps and features. one possible reason why google calendar won’t sync is that calendar sync is disabled on your device.
turning that option back on should fix the problem.
- Launch the settings app on your android device and tap accounts.
- choose your google account from the list on your screen.
- touch the account sync option to see your sync settings.
- On the next screen, make sure the switch next to calendar is turned on. this enables google calendar sync on your device.
enable sync for your google calendar
The google calendar app has an option to enable and disable syncing of individual calendars. if this option is disabled for your calendar, that is why your google calendar is not syncing. By activating this option, the calendar will be synchronized with the google servers.
- Open the google calendar app.
- Tap the menu icon in the upper left corner, scroll down and select settings .
- The next screen lists your google calendars. tap the calendar that isn’t syncing to open its settings menu.
- turn the timing switch to the on position.
manually sync your google calendar
The calendar app has an option that allows you to update your calendars and the entries within them. you can use this option to update your calendars when automatic synchronization doesn’t work.
- Go to the google calendar app on your phone.
- Tap the three dots in the top right corner of your screen.
- Tap the only option that says refresh and your calendars will be updated with the details of the new event.
- launch the settings app and tap apps & notifications.
- scroll down and select the app permissions option.
- select storage to view your storage settings.
- By default, you won’t see the system storage options where the item you need is located. To enable these options, tap the three dots in the top right corner and select show system.
- Find the entry that says calendar storage in the list and toggle its switch to on.
- Launch the settings app and tap general.
- select iphone storage on the next screen.
- you will see what is using what amount of space on your phone. you can get rid of unwanted items to free up space for your calendars.
- Open the settings app.
- scroll down and tap the storage option.
- Your phone will tell you how much free and busy memory space you have available.
- open the settings app and tap apps & notifications.
- find the calendar app in the list and touch it. if you don’t see it, tap see all at the bottom to see all your apps.
- select storage on the next screen to see your calendar’s storage options.
- you will see two buttons on your screen. tap the one that says clear cache to get rid of your calendar app’s cache files.
- if you’re on an iphone, tap and hold the calendar app and select the x icon.
- tap delete to remove the app from your iphone.
- Reinstall the Google Calendar app from the app store.
- If you have an Android device, tap and hold the Calendar app and select uninstall. if this is the only calendar app you have, you may not be able to delete it.
- tap ok on the message to delete the app.
- launch google play store and reinstall the google calendar app.
enable calendar storage on your phone
On most android phones, you have an option that allows you to specify storage permissions for various apps. If this option is disabled for the calendar app, the app may not be syncing your calendars.
to allow the app to use your phone storage:
make sure 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.
check storage on an ios device
check storage on an android device
clear the calendar app cache
apps use cache files to give you an optimized app experience. However, sometimes these cache files are the reason why google calendar is not syncing on your device. deleting these files should fix the problem.
reinstall the google calendar app on your device
If you didn’t have any 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 might fix sync issues on your device.
hopefully google calendar will now sync to your device.