How Do I Share My Google Calendar for Better Collaboration?
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Many people rely on calendars to keep their lives organized and running smoothly. Whether it's for work, personal projects, family events, or simply staying on top of deadlines, calendars are essential tools.
Scheduling a meeting with someone can be challenging, especially when trying to find a time slot that works for both of you. Luckily, there is a solution — calendar sharing.
If you're an avid Google Calendar user, you can easily share your schedule with others, allowing them to see your availability. If you want to learn how to share your Google Calendar with others, keep reading, as we guide you through the entire process!
Benefits of Sharing Your Google Calendar
There are plenty of benefits you can expect when sharing your Google Calendar, and below we discuss the most important ones.
A. Efficient Scheduling
Sharing your Google calendar with others can greatly reduce unnecessary email clutter. Others can easily see when you're busy and schedule meetings accordingly, saving everyone time and effort.
B. Better Time Management for Enhanced Productivity
When you add something to your Google Calendar, you have to include event details like the start and end times for each task or activity. This way, when you review your schedule later on, you can easily identify which activities are taking up more time than they should and pinpoint where you need to improve your time management and increase your productivity.
C. Easy Coordination with Your Group
From collaborating on a project to planning a vacation, figuring out another person's availability can be quite a challenge. And when there are more than two people involved in the scheduling process, things can get even more confusing. Google Calendar makes it easy to effectively coordinate with everyone and get things done in time.
D. Hassle-Free Meeting Organizing
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E. Better Access to Your Schedule for Supervisors
Shared Google Calendars allow your supervisors to check how you're performing and assist you whenever you're struggling to keep up with tasks. This way, team projects will stay on track, and you’ll ensure that any concerns are addressed in a timely manner.
How Do I Set Up a New Google Calendar?
The first thing you need to do before sharing a calendar is to actually set one up. Sometimes you may want to share an existing calendar, but more often than not, you'll want to create a separate calendar specifically for sharing with certain individuals.
Thankfully, Google makes it super easy to create a new calendar, allowing you to have multiple calendars in one place.
To set up a new Google Calendar, just follow these steps:
- Go to calendar.google.com, or simply click on the Google Apps icon on any Google page. Select the Calendar icon and log into your Google account.
- In the top left corner of the Google Calendar page, you'll see a little hamburger icon. Click on that to open up the left menu bar.

- Scroll down until you see "Other calendars," and then click on the plus symbol followed by "Create new calendar."


- This will take you to the settings page for your new calendar, where you can name it, write a description, and select a time zone. Note: use time zone meeting planning tools to ensure smooth interactions between your teams in different locations.

- Afterward, click on "Create calendar."
Voilà! Your new calendar is good to go, and you can move on to sharing it with whomever you want.
How to Create a Collaborative Google Calendar
Google refers to a collaborative calendar as a group calendar, which allows you to share calendars with an entire group, such as your organization. Setting up a group calendar in Google requires you to first create a group and be an administrator.
You can create a group in the Admin console or use Google Groups. To create a collaborative Google Calendar, follow these steps:
- Open Google Calendar and scroll down to your list of calendars.

- In the "Other calendars" section, click on the "Add" button and choose "Create new calendar."

- You will be taken to a Settings screen where you can fill in the details for your new calendar. Enter the calendar name, description, and select a time zone.

- Click on "Create calendar" to set up your new calendar.

- Under "Access permissions", check the "Make available for your organization" box to share the calendar with everyone in your organization.

How to Request Permission for Your Team’s Google Calendars for Enhanced Collaboration
Especially in the context of work meetings, Google Calendar’s sharing features can be of great help. If you don’t know how to request team members to share their calendars with you, we prepared a template for you to use as inspiration. Check it out below!
Subject: Collaboration — Google Calendar Sharing
Dear [Team Members],
I hope this email finds you well. From now on, to streamline the process of meeting scheduling, I propose that we utilize Google Calendar’s sharing feature.
By sharing our calendars, we can easily find a time that works for everyone without back-and-forth emails or scheduling conflicts. Please share your calendar with me and I'll do the same.
Also, I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a few moments to update your calendar with any recurring events, time blocks, or unavailability. This will help us avoid scheduling conflicts and minimize disruptions.
If you have any concerns regarding privacy, let me know. I assure you that our team's information will remain confidential.
Thank you, and let me know if you need help with the Google Calendar setup.
Best regards,
[Your Name]
How to Add Someone Else’s Calendar to Your Own
To include someone else's calendar in your own, you have two options to choose from:
- Locate the ‘+’ on the left side of your calendar, right next to ‘other calendars'. Click on it, then select 'Subscribe to calendar'. From there, you can simply enter the email address of the person whose public calendars you'd like to follow.
- Directly click on 'from URL' option. If the other person has shared their calendar URL with you, all you need to do is enter it there.
Either way, you'll be able to seamlessly include and keep track of someone else's calendar from your own.
How to Turn Off Calendar Sharing
Let's say you have a calendar that you were sharing with others, but now you want to stop sharing it for some reason.
Google has provided some simple steps to stop sharing your Google Calendar:
- Open up your Google Calendar.
- Look for the section called "My calendars."
- Choose the calendar that you want to stop sharing.
- Click on "More Settings" and then on the Google sharing button.
- In the "Access permissions" section, toggle off the option that says "Make available to the public."
If you simply want to stop sharing with a specific person, locate the "Share with specific people" section, and click on the "Remove" option next to the name of the person you want to stop sharing your calendar with.
If you want to stop sharing with your organization, switch off the option that says "Make available to everyone in my organization" under the "Access permissions" section.
Trouble Fixes For Google Calendar Sharing
Are there still issues with someone being unable to access a calendar you shared with them? Let's go through some troubleshooting steps together:
- First, ensure that you have their correct email address. Double-check for any typos.
- Ask the person to check their spam folder, as emails can sometimes get redirected there.
- Did they click the link in the email they received? It's important to confirm whether they followed the necessary steps to access the shared calendar.
- Take a look at your Google Calendar sharing options. One option is to remove the person from the sharing settings and then add them back again. This might help resolve any sharing issues.
- It's possible that there are administrator settings in place that limit or disable sharing. Check if any such restrictions are in effect.
Google Calendar Sharing FAQ
Can Others See My Google Calendar?
Other people won't be able to access your Google Calendar unless you explicitly decide to share it with them. This gives you the freedom to create multiple calendars without worrying about others snooping on your events.
Even if you do decide to share a specific Google calendar with others, you always have the option to remove them or tweak their access levels on the Settings page.
Get More Out of Your Google Calendar Today!
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