Share your roster with family

Share your Roster calendar once. Every time you sync a new or changed roster, they see it automatically. They need a Google (Gmail) account.

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For you

Share your Roster calendar

  1. Open calendar.google.com in Safari or Chrome, signed in with the account your Roster calendar is in.
  2. Switch to the full website.Safari: tap aA in the address bar › Request Desktop Website. Chrome: tap ⋮ › tick Desktop site. On a computer, skip this.
  3. Tap the gear icon at the top right, then Settings.
  4. On the left, under Settings for my calendars, tap Roster.
  5. Scroll to Share with specific people or groups and tap Add people and groups.
  6. Type their email address (their Gmail).
  7. Under permissions, choose See all event details.Don't choose "Make changes to events". Your next sync would undo their changes anyway.
  8. Tap Send. They get an email invitation.

Sharing stays in place. You never need to do this again, even after many roster updates. To stop sharing, come back here and tap the ✕ next to their name.

For the person you shared with

See a roster someone shared with you

  1. Open the email invitation on your phone and tap Add this calendar.Can't find it? Check the spam folder, or ask them to share again.
  2. It now appears in your Google Calendar. In the Google Calendar app, tap the menu ☰ and make sure it's ticked.
Want it in your iPhone's own Calendar app?

iPhones hide calendars that other people share with you until you switch them on. Do this once:

  1. Add your Google account to the iPhone if you haven't yet: Settings › Apps › Calendar › Calendar Accounts › Add Account › Google. (Full iPhone steps)
  2. Open this page on your iPhone, signed in to the same Google account, and tap the button: Turn on shared calendars
  3. Tick the shared roster calendar and tap Save.
  4. Open the Calendar app › Calendars at the bottom, tick it, and tap Done. It can take a few minutes to appear.
Want it in Samsung Calendar or another Android app?
  1. Make sure your Google account is on the phone: Settings › Accounts.
  2. Open your calendar app's menu ☰ and tick the shared roster calendar under your Google account.

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