How to remove your contacts' birthdays from your Google Calendar in 2 ways

June 2024 ยท 4 minute read

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There are few worse feelings than the realization that you forgot someone's birthday. No gift, no card, no call, not even a text or social media shout out.

Don't worry, this will likely never happen again if you use Google Calendar and keep your contacts up to date. Google Calendar can add all of your contacts' birthdays to your calendar and notify you on the respective days, so you can kick back and relax knowing that you'll never have to make an excuse for not calling on someone's birthday again.

On the other hand, you might get tired of the constant birthday reminders, or might want to remove someone's birthday from your calendar.

Here's how to remove birthdays from your Google Calendar.

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How to remove all birthdays from your Google Calendar

The easiest way to stop getting Google Calendar birthday reminders is to turn all birthdays off. 

1. Open your Google Calendar on your PC or Mac computer and click on "My calendars" in the left hand column.

2. Click the box next to "Birthdays" to uncheck it and turn off birthday reminders.

If the box beside a calendar is white and does not have a check mark, it will not be displayed and reminders won't pop up. Steven John/Business Insider

If you're worried about forgetting other birthdays later on, you can always set a reminder to turn birthdays back on once the date you'd rather not note has passed.

How to remove individual birthdays from your Google Calendar

If you wish to turn off reminders for only an individual's birthday, you can either delete the contact entirely or edit the contact's information in Google Contacts.

1. Go to Google Contacts and find the contact that you wish to delete. 

2. Click on the contact's name, then click the three dots and select "Delete."

Deleting a contact cannot be undone simply; you will have to add them again. Steven John/Business Insider

3. To simply edit a contact's information to no longer include their birthday, navigate to Google Contacts.

4. Click on the contact's name. 

5. Then, click the pencil icon and then the "X" next to the user's birthday in the pop-up window. 

Click the "X" to remove the birthday from your calendar. Isabella Paoletto/Business Insider

6. Click "Save" in the bottom-right corner.

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