How do i accept a shared calendar invite

Google Calendar is a great way to keep track of events, meetings, birthdays, and anniversaries. Anyone with an email address can receive and accept an event invitation via Google Calendar.

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How to accept a Google Calendar invite on a mobile device
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Reply to an invitation
How do I join a shared calendar?
How do I accept calendar sharing on my iPhone?
How do I accept a shared invite in Outlook?
Where do I accept a shared calendar?

If you want to create an event for a family reunion, for example, you can create the event on Google Calendar, invite family members via their email addresses, and later see who's accepted the invite.

Accepting a Google Calendar invite can be done in only a couple of clicks or taps — whether through the email app on your iPhone or and Android device, or in a browser on your Mac or PC.

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How to accept a Google Calendar invite on a mobile device

1. Launch your preferred email app on your iPhone or Android device.

2. Open the email with the Google Calendar invite.

3. Scroll past the Google Calendar invite details, and select "Yes" on the left-hand side of the screen.

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How to fix when your iCloud shared calendar’s invite isn’t working

Is Your Apple iCloud Shared Calendar not Sending An Invite?

In this post, I’ll show you how I got a broken iCloud Shared Calendar shared after I tried everything that Apple support has to say about it. The fix isn’t logical, and that it worked blew my mind 🤯.
But it DID work, so I’m sharing it for others out…

If you see an accept button (similar to a meeting invite RSVP button), this is how you can accept the shared calendar. Until then, you should see a hyperlink in the sharing email. Click on the accept hyperlink to login to OWA. If you are directed to their inbox (rather than calendar), you need to open the message & click Accept once more.

Note that your calendar will notify you with the same notification settings as the account to which you added the calendar.

People who are invited to a shared calendar receive an email invitation. Invitees to a private calendar must have an iCloud account and can accept the invitation by signing in to iCloud.com. Invitees can also accept an invitation using Calendar (or iCal with OS X v10.7.5) on a Mac, or the Calendar app on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Reply to an invitation

Open the email invitation and click Join Calendar.
iCloud Calendar opens.

The shared private calendars that you join appear in the sidebar of Calendar on iCloud.com and in the Calendar app on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. They also appear in Calendar (or iCal with OS X v10.7.5) on your Mac, and in Microsoft Outlook on a Windows computer.

How do I join a shared calendar?

In Calendar, click Open a Shared Calendar. Type a name in the Name box, or click Name to select a name from the Address Book. Click OK. The shared Calendar appears next to any calendar that is already in the view.

You can accept a calendar invitation using Calendar on iCloud.com..

In Calendar on iCloud.com, click. below the calendar. If you have one or more pending invitations, the button shows a number instead of an arrow..

In the calendar notification, click Join Calendar..

How do I accept a shared invite in Outlook?

Responding to a Meeting Invitation Open the meeting invitation by double-clicking on the invitation in Mail or on the appointment in Calendar. From the ribbon, choose one of the following responses: Accept: You can attend; Outlook will put the meeting on your calendar.