There is nothing worse than forgetting your caregiver’s birthday. You can add birthdays to Google Calendar to make sure you see those important days. If you decide to hide them or remove them later, it’s just as easy.
Note: For Google, you can’t currently add birthdays from Facebook to Google Calendar.
Add birthdays to Google Contacts.
The birthdays you see in Google Calendar are for your Google contacts. So to get started, make sure the contacts you want to show on your calendar are in your Google contacts with birthdays.
Go to Google Contacts and add a new contact by clicking “Create Contact” at the top left. To edit an existing contact, click the pencil icon to the right of their name in the list.
Below your basic contact information, click “Show more.”
Then, enter their date of birth in the birthday field.
Click “Save” at the top right of the contact card.
Related: How to add birthdays to contacts on iPhone.
Add birthday to Google Calendar
When you’re ready to display your contacts’ birthdays, check out Google Calendar and sign in. Expand “My Calendars” on the left and check the box for contacts. You should then see the birthday cake icon with the birthday of your Google Contacts display.
To add a birthday to the Google Calendar app on your mobile device, open the app. Then, tap on the menu icon at the top left and check the box for birthdays.
Hide birthdays from Google Calendar.
To hide a birthday from your Google Calendar, do the opposite. In Google Calendar on the web, expand My Calendars on the left and check the Contacts box. You should see the birthday disappear from the scene.
On your mobile device, tap the menu icon at the top left and check the box for birthdays. Your contacts’ birthday should be over.
Remove birthday from Google Calendar
You may have some contacts whose birthdays you don’t want to see on your Google Calendar. As mentioned earlier, this description comes from the person’s contact card in Google Contacts. So, to remove their birthday from your calendar, you need to remove it from their contact card.
Go to Google Contacts, click the pencil icon to edit the contact, and click “Show more” on their card. In the birthday field, right-click their date of birth and click “Save” at the top right.
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