How to Duplicate an Event in Google Calendar (2026)
Duplicating reuses everything about an event — title, guest list, location, video link, and description — so you don’t rebuild a recurring-but-irregular meeting from scratch. It’s a web-only feature, with a couple of close alternatives on mobile.
1. Duplicate an Event on the Web
- Go to calendar.google.com.
- Click the event you want to copy.
- Click the three-dot “More actions” menu at the top of the event popup.
- Click Duplicate.
Google Calendar opens the full editor on a copy of the event, pre-filled with the original’s details. Change the date and time, adjust the guest list if needed, then click Save. The original event is untouched.
If you don’t see Duplicate, open the event in the full editor first (click More options / the pencil icon), then use the three-dot menu there.
2. Copy an Event to a Different Calendar
Closely related: if you want the copy on another of your calendars rather than the same one:
- Open the event → three-dot “More actions” menu.
- Click Copy to [calendar name] and pick the target calendar.
This places a duplicate on the chosen calendar at the same date and time. (To move the original instead of copying it, see how to move an event to another calendar.)
3. Duplicating on Mobile (the Workaround)
The Google Calendar mobile apps don’t have a Duplicate button. Three options:
- Use a browser: open calendar.google.com in your phone’s browser, switch to desktop mode, and follow the web steps.
- Recreate manually: tap an event → pencil → note the details → create a new event with them.
- Reschedule instead of duplicate: if you only need the event on a new date and don’t need to keep the original, just drag or edit its date.
4. Duplicate vs. Recurring Event
Duplicating makes sense for a one-off repeat — say, a quarterly review that doesn’t land on a tidy schedule. For anything that repeats on a fixed cadence, a recurring event is better:
| Use Duplicate when | Use a recurring event when |
|---|---|
| The repeat is irregular or one-time | It repeats daily/weekly/monthly on a pattern |
| Details differ each time | Details stay the same |
| You want fully independent copies | You want to edit all instances at once |
A duplicated event has no link to the original — editing one never affects the other. A recurring series stays connected, so you can update every instance in one edit.
5. What Carries Over (and What Doesn’t)
A duplicate copies the title, description, location, conferencing link, guests, and notifications. Note:
- A new Google Meet link is generated for the copy (it’s a different event), so the original’s link stays separate.
- Guests are not automatically notified until you save and choose to send invitations.
- Attachments copy over, but guests still need view access to the underlying Drive files.
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