How to set up multiple calendars on iPhone

In the Calendar app, you can set up multiple calendars to keep track of different kinds of events. You can keep track of all your events and appointments in one calendar, but additional calendars are easy to set up and a great way to stay organized.

You can see multiple calendars at once, change a calendar’s color, move an event to another calendar, and turn on calendar event alerts. You can also unsubscribe from a calendar.

Set up a calendar

1. Open the Calendar app on your iPhone.
2. Tap the Calendars button, then tap Add Calendar.
3. Do one of the following:
   • Create an iCloud calendar: Tap Add Calendar and enter a name for the calendar. Choose a color for it.
   • Subscribe to an external, read-only calendar: Tap Add Subscription Calendar, enter the URL of the .ics file you want to subscribe to (and any other required server information), and then tap Find.
   • Add a Holiday calendar: Tap Add Holiday Calendar, then tap the holiday calendar you want to subscribe to.

You can also subscribe to an iCalendar (.ics) calendar by tapping a link to it.

Unsubscribe from a calendar

When you unsubscribe from a calendar you’re subscribed to, you can also report it as junk.

1. Open the Calendar app on your iPhone.
2. Tap the Calendars button.
3. Tap the Info button next to the calendar you want to unsubscribe from.
4. Tap Unsubscribe and tap Unsubscribe or Unsubscribe and Report Junk.

Note: If you tap Unsubscribe and Report Junk, the calendar gets reported to Apple as a suspected junk subscription.

See multiple calendars at once

1. Open the Calendar app on your iPhone.
2. Tap the Calendars button and then do any of the following:
   • Select the calendars you want to view.
   • Tap US Holidays to include national holidays with your events.
   • Tap Birthdays to include birthdays from Contacts with your events.

Turn on calendar event alerts

For calendars you create or subscribe to, you can turn on event notifications.

1. Open the Calendar app on your iPhone.
2. Tap the Calendars button.
3. Tap the Info button next to a calendar.
4. Turn Event Alerts on or off.
5. Tap the Done button.

Change a calendar’s color

1. Open the Calendar app on your iPhone.
2. Tap the Calendars button.
3. Tap the Info button next to the calendar, then choose a color.
4. Tap the Done button.

For some calendar accounts, like Google, the server sets the color.

Move an event to another calendar

1. Open the Calendar app on your iPhone.
2. Tap the event and tap Calendar. Select a calendar to move the event to.