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Share a calendar on iCloud.com
You can share calendars publicly and privately. In the sidebar, a shared calendar appears with a Shared icon .
To use Calendar on iCloud.com, you must be on a tablet or computer. If you’re on a tablet or computer and don’t see Calendar on iCloud.com, your account is limited to iCloud web-only features. See Get more iCloud features.
Share a calendar privately
When you share a calendar privately, your invitees must have an Apple ID and use iCloud in order to use the calendar.
Only the calendar’s owner can share a private calendar.
In Calendar on iCloud.com, hold the pointer over the calendar you want to share in the sidebar, then click
.
In Sharing With, click
, type the invitee’s email address, then click Return or Enter.
You can add multiple people at a time by adding a comma or pressing Return or Enter after each address.
Click
, then choose access privileges:
Allow editing: Allows the invitee to create, edit, and delete events, and track invitation responses.
Read-Only: Allows the invitee to view, but not edit, the calendar.
When you’ve invited everyone and set their privileges, click Done, then click Save.
Invitation emails are sent from your iCloud email address to the participants you specified.
Share a calendar publicly
When you share a calendar publicly, your invitees automatically receive an email that includes the calendar URL. An invitee doesn’t need to be an iCloud user to accept an invitation to view a shared public calendar.
Only the calendar’s owner can share and make changes to a public calendar.
In Calendar on iCloud.com, hold the pointer over the calendar you want to share in the sidebar, then click
.
Turn on Public Calendar, then do either of the following:
Share the calendar by email: Click Email, type one or more email address in the To field, then click Send.
Share the calendar with a link: Click Copy, then paste the link where you want to share it—for example, in a text message.
See who you’re sharing a calendar with
When you share a calendar, you can see if the people you invited have accepted or declined the invitation, or have yet to respond. Everyone who is a participant in the calendar can track responses.
In Calendar on iCloud.com, click
to the right of the calendar’s name in the sidebar.
View the icon next to the name of each invitee:
Icon
Description
The invitee has joined as a participant.
The invitee declined the invitation.
The invitee hasn’t responded yet to the invitation.
Resend an invitation to a shared calendar
If you want to encourage your invitees to respond to an invitation, you can resend invitations to a participant at any time.
In Calendar on iCloud.com, click
to the right of the calendar’s name in the sidebar.
Do any of the following:
Resend an invitation to a private calendar: Click
next to the invitee’s name, then choose Invite Again.
Resend an invitation to a public calendar: Click Email, type the participant’s email address in the To field, then click Send.
Receive Shared Calendar updates and invitations as in-app notifications or emails
You can specify how you want to receive Shared Calendar updates and invitations—either as in-app notifications or via email.
In Calendar on iCloud.com, click
at the top of the sidebar, then choose Settings.
Click Account, then choose how you want to receive Shared Calendar updates and invitations:
Receive via In-App Notifications: Updates and invitations appear as notifications in Calendar on iCloud.com. Click
in the sidebar, then click a notification to reply to it.
Receive via Email: If you’re the owner of the shared calendar, updates and invitations are sent to the email address that you use to send invitations from. If you’re invited to a shared calendar, updates and invitations are sent to the email address used to invite you to the calendar.
When you receive a shared calendar invitation by email, you can reply directly in the email.
Click
.
The option you choose applies to all devices where you’ve signed in to iCloud with your Apple ID and turned on iCloud for Calendar. To set up these options on your iPhone or iPad, see Set up how you send and receive invitations for iCloud Calendar.
If you stop using iCloud, any shared calendars you created become unavailable; all participants automatically receive an email notifying them that the calendar is no longer shared.