Division of Information Technology

Students – How to Import your Google Calendar into your New Account

Import from Takeout

  1. Open your exported Takeout file, and extract the 鈥淐alendar鈥 folder (you can do this by accessing the Zip file, and then dragging the 鈥淐alendar鈥 folder to your desktop).
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  3. Log into your new (@saintpeters.edu) account, and access Google Calendar.
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  5. Click the arrow to the right of 鈥淢y Calendars鈥 and click 鈥淪ettings鈥
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  7. Click 鈥淚mport Calendar鈥 (NOTE: When importing, you must choose an existing calendar to import the data to.)
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  9. Click 鈥淐hoose File鈥 and select the Calendar file within the Calendar Folder that you just exported – it should be in .ics format.
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  11. Select the calendar you would like to import this to and click 鈥淚mport鈥.
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  13. You鈥檒l get a confirmation that it has been processed successfully:
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NOTES ON GOOGLE CALENDAR:
Please note:

    Exporting and Importing will only bring over Events from your previous calendar – you will need to re-apply any settings, such as color coding and sharing of events to your imported calendar.