If you’d like to migrate your events from another calendar service, click the name of the calendar you’ve been using. Below are instructions on how to import these events to Google Calendar from a few other calendar services.
- Open Outlook and go to File > Import and Export > Export to a file.
- Select Comma Separated Values (Windows).
- Select the calendar you want to export, save it to your desired location, then click Finished. (Note: When exporting more than one year’s worth of data, we recommend that you divide your calendar into multiple, one-year segments and export each file separately; otherwise, you may encounter errors.)
- Select the desired date range of events to export, then click OK.
- In Google Calendar, ensure that you’ve created the calendar that you’d like to migrate events to. Then, at the bottom of the calendar list on the left, click the Add down-arrow button and select Import Calendar.
- Click Browse and select the appropriate file, then select Open.
- From the drop-down menu, select the calendar to which you’d like to import events, then click Import to complete the import.
Note: The exported file doesn’t support recurring Outlook events. Individual items will be created for recurring events that fall between the dates you’ve selected.
Apple iCal Calendar
- In Apple iCal, select the calendar from the list of calendars in the iCal window.
- Select File > Export.
- Name the calendar, then save it.
- In Google Calendar, ensure that you’ve created the calendar that you’d like to migrate events to. Then, at the bottom of the calendar list on the left, click the Add down-arrow button and select Import Calendar.
- Click Browse and select the appropriate file, then select Open.
- From the drop-down menu, select the calendar to which you’d like to import events.
- Click Import to complete the import.
- In Apple iCal, select the calendar from the list of calendars in the iCal window.
- Select File > Export.
- Name the calendar, then save it.
- In Google Calendar, ensure that you’ve created the calendar that you’d like to migrate events to. Then, at the bottom of the calendar list on the left, click the Add down-arrow button and select Import Calendar.
- Click Browse and select the appropriate file, then select Open.
- From the drop-down menu, select the calendar to which you’d like to import events.
- Click Import to complete the import.
Yahoo! Calendar
- In your Yahoo! Calendar account, go to Options, then select Import/Export.
- Click the Export button in the Export to Outlook section. (Note: When your calendar contains more than one year’s worth of data, we recommend that you manually divide the file into multiple, one-year segments and import them separately; otherwise, you may encounter errors.)
- Save the CSV file to the desired location.
- In Google Calendar, ensure that you’ve created the calendar that you’d like to migrate events to. Then, at the bottom of the calendar list on the left, click the Add down-arrow button and select Import Calendar.
- Click Browse and select the appropriate file, then select Open.
- From the drop-down menu, select the calendar to which you’d like to import events.
- Click Import to complete the import.
- In your Yahoo! Calendar account, go to Options, then select Import/Export.
- Click the Export button in the Export to Outlook section. (Note: When your calendar contains more than one year’s worth of data, we recommend that you manually divide the file into multiple, one-year segments and import them separately; otherwise, you may encounter errors.)
- Save the CSV file to the desired location.
- In Google Calendar, ensure that you’ve created the calendar that you’d like to migrate events to. Then, at the bottom of the calendar list on the left, click the Add down-arrow button and select Import Calendar.
- Click Browse and select the appropriate file, then select Open.
- From the drop-down menu, select the calendar to which you’d like to import events.
- Click Import to complete the import.
Note: The exported file doesn’t support recurring Yahoo! events. Individual items will be created for recurring events that fall between the dates you’ve selected.
To migrate events from other calendar applications, export your events in either iCalendar or CSV format and import the file into Google Calendar.
Export your calendar
With Google Calendar, you can export content from a specific calendar or from all your calendars at once.
Exporting content from a specific calendar
Follow these steps to export one of your calendars:
- In the calendar list on the left side of the page, click the down-arrow next to the appropriate calendar and select Calendar settings. (Alternatively, click the Settings link at the bottom of the calendar list, then click the appropriate calendar.)
- Click the ICAL button in the ‘Private Address’ section at the bottom of the page, and click the displayed URL.
- Save the exported file to the desired folder on your computer.
If you receive a ‘Feed Processing Error’ message when exporting events, please make sure you’re using your calendar’s private iCalendar address (’Private Address’). You can only use your calendar’s public iCalendar address (’Calendar Address’) to export events when your calendar is publicly shared. Learn how to share your calendar with others.
Exporting content from all calendars in your ‘My Calendars’ list
Here’s how you can export all the calendars in your ‘My Calendars’ list at once:
- At the bottom of the calendar list on the left side of the page, click the Settings link .
- On the Calendar Settings page, click the Export calendars link at the bottom of the My Calendars section. Keep in mind that you won’t be able to bulk export calendars in your Other Calendars list (for example, public calendars you’ve added to your list, shared calendars with ‘view’ access only, etc.)
- In the resulting compressed folder, you’ll see an ICS file for each of the calendars you have permission to ‘Make changes and manage sharing’ for.
To import the exported files back into Google Calendar, keep in mind that you must open the .zip file and import the ICS files individually. Learn more about importing files.
Google Apps users: Please note that domain administrators can control exporting options available to users at their domains. If you’re unable to export your calendar data, please contact your domain administrator for further assistance.
In addition to the help listed here you are welcome to call the Computing Services Help Desk at (501) 569-8720 during our normal hours of operation. Monday to Friday 7 am to 6pm.
