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How to share a calendar on iPhone

Updated Nov 10, 2026

To share a calendar on iPhone, open the Calendar app, tap the Calendars button, tap the info button (i) next to an iCloud calendar and tap Add Person. The other person gets an invitation and, once they accept, sees the calendar on their own devices. This works between iCloud users. For someone on Android, either share a Google calendar or send a read-only link.

Share an iCloud calendar with someone (iOS 26 and later)

1. Open Calendar and tap the Calendars button.
2. Tap the info button (i) next to the iCloud calendar you want to share. Sharing here works for iCloud calendars only.
3. Tap Add Person, enter a name or email address, then tap Done.
4. To change what someone can do, tap their name in the same screen and turn Allow Editing on or off. Delete stops sharing with them.

The other person needs an Apple Account and an email address in your contacts. Apple sends an invitation; nothing appears until they accept it.

To make a new calendar for the family first, tap Calendars › Add Calendar › Add Calendar, give it a name and make sure it's in iCloud.

The Family Sharing calendar

Apple's Family Sharing group (you plus up to five people) is mainly for shared purchases, iCloud storage and locations. Older Apple guides say it also creates a shared calendar called "Family" on every member's device. If you see one under iCloud in your calendar list, events you put there are visible to everyone in the group. If not, a shared iCloud calendar as above does the same job and lets you add people outside the family group, such as grandparents.

Share a read-only link with anyone

If the other person only needs to look, not edit:

1. Tap Calendars, then the info button (i) next to the iCloud calendar.
2. Turn on Public Calendar, then tap Share Link.
3. Send the link by Messages, WhatsApp or email.

Anyone with the link can subscribe to it in their calendar app, on iPhone, Android (via Google Calendar) or Outlook. They can't change anything. Anyone who gets hold of the link can see the calendar, so don't put anything private in it.

Share a Google calendar

If your family uses Google Calendar, share from a computer:

1. Open Google Calendar, point at the calendar under My calendars and open its menu (three dots) › Settings and sharing.
2. Under Shared with, click Add people and groups and enter their email address.
3. Choose what they can do, from seeing only free/busy times up to making changes, then click Send.

Google also creates a calendar called "Family" automatically when you set up a family group on Google. Everyone in the group can see and edit it.

iPhone and Android in one family

Apple's iCloud sharing doesn't reach Android phones. The simplest way to share across both:

• Keep the shared calendar in Google. The Android phone has it built in. On the iPhone, add the Google account under Settings › Apps › Calendar › Calendar Accounts › Add Account › Google, and the shared calendar shows up in the normal Calendar app.
• If a calendar shared with you in Google doesn't appear on the iPhone, open calendar.google.com/calendar/syncselect, sign in and tick it.
• For a calendar one person keeps and the others only read, a public iCloud link (above) also works on Android: they subscribe to it in Google Calendar.

School timetables: send the link, don't share the calendar

A school timetable that you subscribed to (rather than typed in) can't be shared with Add Person: it isn't yours, it belongs to whoever publishes it. You don't need to share it anyway. Send your partner or the grandparents the same subscription link, and they subscribe in their own calendar: how subscribing works. Everyone gets the same updates, on any phone. Every lesson in a takt timetable has a share link for exactly this.

If you typed the timetable in yourself, put it in its own iCloud or Google calendar and share that calendar: adding a school timetable to your calendar.

Frequently asked questions

Can I share my iPhone calendar with an Android user?

Not with iCloud sharing, which needs an Apple Account. Either make the iCloud calendar public and send the link (read-only), or keep the shared calendar in Google Calendar, which works on both iPhone and Android.

Why can't I share my calendar on iPhone?

Add Person only appears for iCloud calendars. Calendars from Google, Outlook or subscriptions are shared from their own service, or not at all. Check that the calendar sits under iCloud in your calendar list.

How do I stop sharing a calendar?

Tap Calendars, the info button (i) next to the calendar, then the person's name and Delete. For a public link, turn Public Calendar off.

Will I be told when someone changes the shared calendar?

Yes, by default. To turn it off, go to Settings › Notifications › Calendar, open the notification options and turn off Shared Calendar Changes.