How to Turn Off Google Calendar Notifications (2026)
Google Calendar can notify you in several ways at once — desktop pop-ups, browser banners, mobile push alerts, and email reminders — so silencing it usually means turning off more than one setting. The controls also live in different places depending on whether you’re on the web, Android, or an iPhone.
This guide walks through disabling each type of notification, and how to keep some while muting others if you don’t want to go fully silent.
1. Turn Off Event Notifications on the Web
Default notifications are the pop-ups and emails Google Calendar adds automatically to every new event. You can remove them for each calendar.
Google Calendar on the web:
- Open calendar.google.com
- Click the gear icon (top-right) → Settings
- In the left sidebar, under Settings for my calendars, click the calendar you want to change
- Click Other notifications or scroll to Event notifications / All-day event notifications
- To remove a default notification, click the X next to it
- To stop new events from getting any default reminder, leave the notification list empty
Repeat for each calendar in the sidebar — settings are per-calendar, not global.
2. Turn Off Email Reminders on the Web
Email reminders are separate from pop-up notifications. They cover daily agendas, new invitations, changes, and responses.
Google Calendar on the web:
- Go to Settings → click a calendar under Settings for my calendars
- Scroll to Other notifications
- Each row (New events, Changed events, Canceled events, Event responses, Daily agenda) has a dropdown
- Set any you don’t want to None
- To stop a daily summary email, set Daily agenda to None
These changes apply only to that calendar, so do it for each one you own.
3. Switch Notification Style (Desktop)
If you want to keep reminders but stop the interrupting pop-ups, change the delivery style rather than turning them off.
Google Calendar on the web:
- Go to Settings → General → Notification settings
- Open the Notifications dropdown
- Choose Off to silence everything, Desktop notifications for native OS pop-ups, or Alerts for in-tab banners only
- Optionally uncheck Play notification sounds to mute the chime while keeping the visual alert
4. Turn Off Browser Notifications
Even with calendar reminders enabled, your browser may need permission to display them. Revoking that permission silences desktop pop-ups for good.
Chrome:
- Open calendar.google.com
- Click the tune / site-settings icon at the left of the address bar
- Find Notifications and switch it to Block
Edge / Firefox: Open site settings the same way from the address bar and set Notifications to Block for calendar.google.com.
5. Turn Off Notifications on Android
The Android app has its own notification settings, and Android’s system settings can override them.
Google Calendar app (Android):
- Open the Google Calendar app
- Tap the hamburger menu (☰, top-left) → Settings
- Tap the calendar (or General) you want to change
- Tap Notifications and choose None, or turn off Notify on this device
- For Tasks, Birthdays, and Reminders, open each and set notifications to None as well
Android system settings (silences everything):
- Open Settings → Apps → Calendar
- Tap Notifications
- Toggle off All Calendar notifications, or disable individual categories
6. Turn Off Notifications on iPhone and iPad
iOS notifications work in two layers — inside the Google Calendar app and in the system Settings app.
Google Calendar app (iPhone / iPad):
- Open the Google Calendar app
- Tap the hamburger menu (☰) → Settings
- Tap Events (and repeat for Tasks, Birthdays)
- Tap Notifications and set it to Off (or No notification)
iOS system settings (silences everything):
- Open the Settings app
- Scroll to Google Calendar (or go to Notifications → Google Calendar)
- Toggle off Allow Notifications
Using Apple’s Calendar app with Google events? Open Settings → Apps → Calendar → Notifications on iOS to mute alerts for synced Google events, since Apple Calendar drives those notifications instead.
Quick Reference
| Where you see the alert | Where to turn it off |
|---|---|
| Pop-up on desktop | Settings → General → Notification settings → Off |
| Reminder before each event | Settings → (calendar) → Event notifications → remove |
| Daily summary email | Settings → (calendar) → Other notifications → Daily agenda → None |
| Browser banner | Browser site settings → Notifications → Block |
| Android push | App Settings → (calendar) → Notifications → None |
| iPhone push | iOS Settings → Google Calendar → Allow Notifications off |
Troubleshooting
I turned off notifications but still get reminder emails.
Email reminders are controlled separately under each calendar’s Other notifications section, not the pop-up settings. Set New events, Daily agenda, and the rest to None.
Notifications are off in the app but my phone still buzzes.
Your phone’s system notification settings override the app. On Android, check Settings → Apps → Calendar → Notifications; on iPhone, check Settings → Google Calendar → Allow Notifications.
I only get alerts for one of my calendars — or none of them.
Notification settings are per-calendar. Open Settings on the web and adjust each calendar listed under Settings for my calendars individually.
Notifications came back after I changed settings.
Changes sync per device. If you adjusted them on the web but still get phone alerts, repeat the steps in the mobile app, since each platform stores its own notification preferences.
I still get pop-ups for events I declined.
Declining an event doesn’t always remove its reminder. Delete the event from your calendar, or set that calendar’s default notifications to None so declined items stop alerting you.
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