Guide

Google Calendar delete all events: one event, a series, or the whole calendar

Short answer: Google Calendar Help documents deleting one event you created, deleting a repeating series as This event, This and following events, or All events, and clearing every event on a calendar you own. You cannot delete your primary calendar. To clear it on a computer, use Remove calendar, then Delete, or open Settings, open the primary calendar (usually your name), and click Delete at the bottom. Delete a secondary calendar you own to remove its events. Unsubscribe hides a calendar you do not own; it does not delete the owner's events. Trash is computer only and keeps events 30 days, except This and following events deletes. The web app has no documented multi-select delete. Search can find events by name or date range; open each result and delete it.

Resync is not a bulk-delete tool. It writes private Busy holds between your own Google calendars and only deletes the hold events it created, never your own events. It does not work with Outlook, Apple Calendar, or iCloud.

What you want to delete

Start on calendar.google.com in a browser on a computer. Open one event and confirm you created it before you delete a series or a whole calendar. If you only need to hide extra copies, see the duplicate events guide. Repeating-series options are also in the recurring events guide.

What you want to delete	How	Limit
One event I created	Open the event and click Delete event. On a computer you can also right-click the event and choose Delete.	That takes the event off your calendar and off the calendars of everyone invited. It may take a while to leave other devices.
One occurrence of a repeating event	If you created the series, delete it and choose This event or Only this instance.	Keeps other future events. If someone else created the series, you will not find these options.
This date and later in a series	If you created the series, choose This and following events or All following.	Those instances are not moved to trash and cannot be restored.
The whole repeating series	If you created the series, choose All events or All events in the series. Android and iPhone Help name This event and This and following events only.	There is no documented All events in the series choice in the Android or iPhone delete pages.
All events on my primary calendar	You cannot delete the primary calendar. On a computer, use Remove calendar → Delete, or Settings → the primary calendar (usually your name) → Delete at the bottom.	That clears every event on that calendar, not a subset. Events stay in trash for 30 days.
All events on a secondary calendar I own	Delete that calendar permanently: Settings → the calendar → Remove calendar → Delete → Delete permanently.	People you shared it with lose it too. Android Help says to delete a calendar on a computer.
A calendar I do not own	Unsubscribe or hide it. Settings → the calendar → Remove calendar → Unsubscribe.	Unsubscribing does not delete the owner's events. Owners cannot unsubscribe from a secondary calendar they own; they hide it, transfer it, or delete it.
Events with the same name	On a computer, Search, then filter What (information from the event, including its name). Open each result and delete it.	Search results are limited to 200 events. Help does not document a select-all delete by name.
Old events or events before a date	On a computer, Search, then filter Date range. Open each result and delete it.	Help does not document a Delete old events or Delete before a date tool. Clearing the whole calendar is the documented bulk option.
Events in one day or one week	Open each event on that day or week and delete it, or Search with a Date range and delete each result.	Help does not document selecting every event in a day or week and deleting them together.
Multiple events at once	Use a documented series or calendar option: All events in a series you created, all events on the primary calendar, or delete a secondary calendar you own.	The web app has no documented multi-select delete on the grid.
An event I was invited to	On a computer, open the event and click Remove or Remove from this calendar. That tells the organizer you decline. Or respond No.	That does not delete the organizer's event. If you are not the owner, you cannot delete it for everyone.
Something I already deleted	On a computer, Settings menu → Trash. Restore an event or Restore all selected.	Trash is computer only and keeps events 30 days. This and following events deletes never go to trash.

One event I created

How: Open the event and click Delete event. On a computer you can also right-click the event and choose Delete.
Limit: That takes the event off your calendar and off the calendars of everyone invited. It may take a while to leave other devices.

One occurrence of a repeating event

How: If you created the series, delete it and choose This event or Only this instance.
Limit: Keeps other future events. If someone else created the series, you will not find these options.

This date and later in a series

How: If you created the series, choose This and following events or All following.
Limit: Those instances are not moved to trash and cannot be restored.

The whole repeating series

How: If you created the series, choose All events or All events in the series. Android and iPhone Help name This event and This and following events only.
Limit: There is no documented All events in the series choice in the Android or iPhone delete pages.

All events on my primary calendar

How: You cannot delete the primary calendar. On a computer, use Remove calendar → Delete, or Settings → the primary calendar (usually your name) → Delete at the bottom.
Limit: That clears every event on that calendar, not a subset. Events stay in trash for 30 days.

All events on a secondary calendar I own

How: Delete that calendar permanently: Settings → the calendar → Remove calendar → Delete → Delete permanently.
Limit: People you shared it with lose it too. Android Help says to delete a calendar on a computer.

A calendar I do not own

How: Unsubscribe or hide it. Settings → the calendar → Remove calendar → Unsubscribe.
Limit: Unsubscribing does not delete the owner's events. Owners cannot unsubscribe from a secondary calendar they own; they hide it, transfer it, or delete it.

Events with the same name

How: On a computer, Search, then filter What (information from the event, including its name). Open each result and delete it.
Limit: Search results are limited to 200 events. Help does not document a select-all delete by name.

Old events or events before a date

How: On a computer, Search, then filter Date range. Open each result and delete it.
Limit: Help does not document a Delete old events or Delete before a date tool. Clearing the whole calendar is the documented bulk option.

Events in one day or one week

How: Open each event on that day or week and delete it, or Search with a Date range and delete each result.
Limit: Help does not document selecting every event in a day or week and deleting them together.

Multiple events at once

How: Use a documented series or calendar option: All events in a series you created, all events on the primary calendar, or delete a secondary calendar you own.
Limit: The web app has no documented multi-select delete on the grid.

An event I was invited to

How: On a computer, open the event and click Remove or Remove from this calendar. That tells the organizer you decline. Or respond No.
Limit: That does not delete the organizer's event. If you are not the owner, you cannot delete it for everyone.

Something I already deleted

How: On a computer, Settings menu → Trash. Restore an event or Restore all selected.
Limit: Trash is computer only and keeps events 30 days. This and following events deletes never go to trash.

Google Calendar Help steps checked Nov 3, 2026.

Delete one event

If you created the event, Google Calendar Help says you can delete it. That takes the event off your calendar, and off the calendars of everyone else invited.

On a computer:

On your computer, open Google Calendar.
Click the event you want to delete.
Click Delete event.

Tip: To delete an event, right-click the event. Then, click Delete.

After you delete an event, it may take a while before it is removed from other people's calendars or your other devices. If you delete an event you do not own, the event owner may need to delete it for it to leave everyone's calendars.

Google Calendar Help steps checked Nov 3, 2026. Cited from Delete an event.

Delete a recurring series

Google Calendar Help documents separate delete options for a repeating event. If someone else created the series, you will not find these options. Important: if you choose This and following events or All following, the deleted events are not moved to the trash and cannot be restored.

On a computer, Help lists:

This event or Only this instance: delete this event, but keep other future events.
This and following events or All following: delete this event and future events.
All events or All events in the series: delete all events in the series.

Android and iPhone Help name This event and This and following events. If you do not have modify access, Help says you can only delete one event at a time from your calendar. Series setup and edit scopes are in the recurring events guide.

Google Calendar Help steps checked Nov 3, 2026. Cited from Delete an event, Delete an event (Android), and Delete an event (iPhone & iPad).

Delete all events on a calendar

Google Calendar Help says: if you want to delete all events in your Google Calendar, clear all events on your primary calendar. Then you must delete any other calendars you may own. Important: you can delete events from your calendar, but you cannot delete your primary calendar.

Delete Help documents this path to clear the primary calendar:

On your computer, open Google Calendar.
On the bottom left, hover over the primary calendar.
Click Options, then Settings and sharing.
Under "Settings for my calendars," click Remove calendar.
Under "Remove calendar," click Delete.

Delete or unsubscribe Help documents a second path: Settings, then the name of your primary calendar at the top of the list (usually your first and last name), then Delete at the bottom of the page. Help says it may take a few minutes to fully access Google Calendar's features after clearing your primary calendar.

To delete a secondary calendar you own: Settings, click the calendar name, then Remove calendar, Delete, Delete permanently. If you shared that calendar, it is removed for everyone. Android Help says to delete a calendar, open Google Calendar on a computer.

Those options clear the whole calendar. They are not a filter for old events, one day, or one name. If you meant to move events to another account instead of wiping them, see the transfer calendar guide or the copy events guide.

Google Calendar Help steps checked Nov 3, 2026. Cited from Delete an event, Delete or unsubscribe from a calendar, and Delete or unsubscribe from a calendar (Android).

Unsubscribe vs delete

Google Calendar Help separates hiding, unsubscribing, and deleting.

Hide: click the calendar in the left list, or hover and choose Hide from list. The calendar is still yours or still shared with you.
Unsubscribe: only if you are not the owner. Settings, select the calendar, Remove calendar, Unsubscribe. You will not find it again unless the owner re-shares it. This does not delete the owner's events.
Delete: only if you own the calendar. A secondary calendar can be deleted permanently. The primary calendar cannot be deleted; you can only delete all of its events.

If you are the owner of a secondary calendar, Help says you cannot unsubscribe from it. Hide it, transfer ownership, or delete it permanently.

Google Calendar Help steps checked Nov 3, 2026. Cited from Delete or unsubscribe from a calendar.

Trash and restore

Trash is a computer-only Help flow. When you delete an event or mark it as spam, it stays in that calendar's trash for 30 days. When you go to the trash, you can restore events or delete them forever. There is a separate trash for each calendar.

To see or restore deleted events:

On your computer, open Google Calendar.
In the top right, click Settings menu, then Trash.
To restore an individual event, next to the event, click Restore. To restore selected events, click Restore all selected.

To delete forever from trash: Delete forever next to one event, Delete forever all selected, or Empty trash. Anyone who has at least Make changes to events permission can delete and restore events from that calendar's trash.

If you chose This and following events or All following, those instances are permanently removed and do not go to the trash. After 30 days, events are gone from trash.

Google Calendar Help steps checked Nov 3, 2026. Cited from Delete an event.

Search, names, and multiple events

People look for delete multiple events, delete multiple events at once, or delete events with the same name. Google Calendar Help does not document a multi-select delete on the calendar grid or a select-all from search results.

What Help does document: Searchon a computer. Click Search at the top right, enter terms, and click a result to see the event details. To filter, click the Down arrow. You can choose which calendars to search, What (information from the event, including its name), Who, Where, Doesn't have, and Date range. Search results are limited to 200 events.

From there, open each result and delete it the usual way. If the matching events are one repeating series you created, use All events or All events in the series. If they all live on a secondary calendar you created, deleting that calendar removes them. Clearing the primary calendar removes every event on it, not only the name you searched.

Google Calendar Help steps checked Nov 3, 2026. Cited from Search on Google Calendar and Delete an event.

Events you were invited to

If someone else created the event, Google Calendar Help says you cannot delete it for everyone. After you remove an event, Calendar tells the event organizer you decline.

On a computer:

Open Google Calendar.
Open the event you want to remove.
Click Remove or Remove from this calendar.

You can also respond No in Calendar or in the invitation email. That is a decline, not an organizer delete. On Android and iPhone, if you are not the event owner, Help says you can only remove the event from your calendar: open it, tap More, then Delete.

Google Calendar Help steps checked Nov 3, 2026. Cited from Delete an event, Delete an event (Android), Delete an event (iPhone & iPad), and Respond to event invitations.

Old events and events before a date

People look for delete old events, delete events before a date, from a date, in a day, or in a week. Google Calendar Help does not document a Delete old events tool, a Delete before a date control, or a select-all for one day or one week.

Documented options: on a computer, Search, click the Down arrow, set a Date range, then open each result and delete it. Results are limited to 200 events. To remove every event on a calendar, use the documented primary-calendar Delete option or delete a secondary calendar you own. Those clear the whole calendar, including future events, not only old ones.

Google Calendar Help steps checked Nov 3, 2026. Cited from Search on Google Calendar and Delete or unsubscribe from a calendar.

Android and iPhone / iPad

Google Calendar Help documents deleting in the Calendar app. Trash restore and deleting a calendar stay on a computer.

On Android, to delete an event you created:

Open the Google Calendar app.
Open the event you want to delete.
In the top right, tap More.
Tap Delete, then Delete.

On iPhone or iPad: open the event, tap More, then Delete, Delete event. If you are not the owner, Help says you can only remove the event from your calendar. For a repeating event you created, Android and iPhone Help name This event and This and following events.

After a delete, the event may not immediately leave other devices. On Android, tap Menu, then Refresh. On iPhone or iPad, close and re-open the Calendar app.

To hide a calendar on Android, tap Menu, then tap the colored box next to the calendar name. To unsubscribe on Android: Menu, Settings, select the calendar, tap Unsubscribe. To delete a calendar, Android Help says open Google Calendar on a computer.

Google Calendar Help steps checked Nov 3, 2026. Cited from Delete an event (Android), Delete an event (iPhone & iPad), and Delete or unsubscribe from a calendar (Android).

When Resync helps (and when it does not)

Use the steps above to delete one event, a repeating series, or all events on a Google calendar you own. Resync does not delete your own events, scan a calendar for old events, or offer a multi-select delete. It does not sync Outlook, Apple Calendar, or iCloud.

Use Resync when you need the same busy time on another of your Google calendars. Resync only creates Google-only private Busy holds between a user's own Google Calendars. Holds are titled Busy. It currently syncs Google calendars only. $1.50/month or $9/year after a 30-day free trial, no credit card required.

Holds are titled Busy. Description, location, attendees, and conference data are left empty, so source meeting details stay on the source calendar.
Resync only deletes the hold events it created. It looks up the Busy events it wrote and deletes those, never your own events.
If you turn off Source on a calendar, Resync stops watching it and deletes the Busy holds it created from that source on your mirrors.
If you turn off Mirror on a calendar, Resync deletes the Busy holds it created on that mirror.
If you disconnect a non-primary Google account, Resync deletes the holds created by that account and the holds written onto that account. You cannot disconnect the primary account.
If you delete your Resync account, Resync stops every mirror, purges all of the Busy holds it created, cancels the subscription, and deletes your account data. That cannot be undone.
If a source event is cancelled or deleted while Resync is still watching that calendar, Resync deletes the matching Busy holds. If you delete or edit a hold, Resync records that and does not recreate it for the same source event on that mirror.
Resync looks 90 days ahead when it reads source events. A polling fallback also runs about every 5 minutes. Read-only calendars cannot be mirrors. Resync currently syncs Google calendars only.

Set up Resync

Sign in with GoogleOpen Resync and sign in with the Google account you want as your primary account. You land on setup.
Connect another Google accountChoose Connect another Google account and finish Google's permission screen. Resync needs at least two Google accounts before you can start.
Start syncingWhen a second account is connected, setup shows bidirectional mirroring as the intended default: real events on either side become private busy blocks on the other. Choose Start syncing to open the dashboard.
Mark sources and mirrorsIn Sync configuration, turn on Source to read busy time from a calendar and Mirror to receive Busy holds. A calendar can be both. Read-only calendars cannot be mirrors because Resync needs write access to create holds.

FAQ

How do I delete all events in Google Calendar?

Google Calendar Help says: if you want to delete all events in your Google Calendar, clear all events on your primary calendar, then delete any other calendars you own. You cannot delete your primary calendar. On a computer, hover over the primary calendar, click Options → Settings and sharing, then under Settings for my calendars click Remove calendar, then under Remove calendar click Delete. Help also documents Settings → the primary calendar (usually your name) → Delete at the bottom. Deleting a secondary calendar you own removes it and its events for everyone you shared it with. Deleted events stay in that calendar's trash for 30 days, except This and following events deletes.

Can I delete multiple Google Calendar events at once?

Google Calendar Help does not document a multi-select delete on the calendar grid or from search results. Documented ways to remove more than one event: delete a repeating series you created with All events or All events in the series; delete This and following events; delete all events on your primary calendar; or permanently delete a secondary calendar you own. Search can find events by name or date range (up to 200 results). Open each result and delete it the usual way. Trash on a computer can Delete forever all selected or Empty trash.

How do I delete Google Calendar events with the same name?

Google Calendar Help documents Search: click Search, enter terms, and use the Down arrow to filter What (information from the event, including its name). Results are limited to 200 events. Help does not document selecting all matching events and deleting them together. Open each result and delete it. If those events are one repeating series you created, use All events or All events in the series.

How do I delete old Google Calendar events or events before a date?

Google Calendar Help does not document a Delete old events or Delete events before a date tool. Search on a computer can filter by Date range. Results are limited to 200 events. Open each result and delete it. There is no documented way to wipe only events older than a date in one click. To remove every event on a calendar, use the documented primary-calendar Delete option or delete a secondary calendar you own. Those clear the whole calendar, not only old events.

How do I restore deleted Google Calendar events?

Trash is a computer-only Help flow. When you delete an event, it stays in that calendar's trash for 30 days. On a computer: Settings menu → Trash. Restore an individual event, or Restore all selected. There is a separate trash for each calendar. If you chose This and following events or All following, those instances are not moved to trash and cannot be restored. After 30 days, events are gone from trash.

Does Resync delete my Google Calendar events?

No. Resync is not a bulk-delete tool and it never deletes your own events. It only deletes the Busy hold events it created. If you turn off Source on a calendar, Resync deletes the holds it created from that source on your mirrors. If you turn off Mirror, it deletes the holds it created on that mirror. Disconnecting a non-primary Google account deletes holds created by that account and holds written onto that account. Deleting your Resync account purges all of those holds. $1.50/month or $9/year after a 30-day free trial, no credit card required.

Google Calendar recurring events: set up & fixes

How to copy events from one Google Calendar to another (one event, all events, or keep copying)

How to transfer a Google Calendar to another account (move, copy, or keep both in sync)

Connect the Google calendars you want to keep aligned, then mark sources and mirrors on the dashboard.

Resync will ask Google for permission to:see your list of calendars; see events on the calendars you choose as Sources, to know when you're busy; and create, update and delete events titled "Busy" on calendars you choose as Mirrors. We never store event titles, attendees or locations. Privacy policy