how to delete a calendar from iphone

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The Calendar app is a standard app found on all iPhones that allows users to add and manage different events in one spot. If you don't want to see the events from a specific calendar (that you originally created with your iCloud account) in your Calendar app, you can hide or delete that calendar. For calendars that are connected with other accounts (like Gmail or Yahoo), you'll need to delete the calendar from your Settings app. You'll also be unable to delete calendars that aren't originally yours, like subscribed calendars. This wikiHow teaches you how to easily hide or delete a calendar from your iPhone.

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Open the Calendar app. The app icon should show the current date on a white background.
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Tap Calendars at the bottom of the screen. If you're on an event page, you'll have to navigate back to the main calendar view to see the Calendars button (use the arrow icons to navigate back).
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Find the account or specific calendar that you want to hide. The calendars will be displayed by account.
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Uncheck the radio button next to the calendar you want to hide. You can turn off every calendar associated with an email address (like your Gmail and Yahoo accounts) by tapping the "Hide All" button, or you can choose specific calendars to hide by tapping to uncheck the radio button.
- To edit the event color for a specific calendar, click on the i button and select a color.
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Tap (to delete a calendar). You'll see this "i" icon to the right of the calendar's name.
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Tap Delete Calendar . It's at the bottom of the screen. You'll need to tap Delete Calendar to confirm your action before the calendar will be deleted.^[1]
- If the calendar re-appears or you don't see an option to delete the calendar, use the method that uses Settings if the Calendar is yours or use the method for subscribed calendars if it isn't yours.
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Tap Done in the upper right corner of the screen. The events from the calendar or account that you hid should no longer show up in your calendar.

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Open Settings. You'll find this gear app icon on one of your Home screens or by searching.
- Use this method if the calendar you want to remove from your Calendar app is not deleting using the Calendar app.
- However, this method will not work with iCloud accounts. Any calendars that you created using your iCloud account can be deleted using the Calendar app.
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Navigate to your connected accounts. If you're using iOS 14 or later, go to Calendar > Accounts from this menu; if you're using iOS 13 or older, tap Passwords & Accounts > Accounts.
- To figure out which iOS you're using, go to Settings > General > About and look next to the "Software Version" entry.^[2]
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Tap on an account under the Accounts section. This should be the account that's showing the calendar you want to hide or delete.
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Slide the switch next to Calendars to the off position . The calendars associated with this account will no longer show up in your Calendar app.
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Tap Delete Account to remove the account completely. Deleting the account completely will unsubscribe you from the calendar and remove it and any associated events from the Calendar app, as well as removing the mail, contacts, and notes associated with that account from your phone.^[3]

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Open Settings. You'll find this gear app icon on one of your Home screens or by searching.
- Use this method if the calendar you want to remove from your Calendar app is not your own, but you subscribed to it.
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Navigate to your connected accounts. If you're using iOS 14 or later, go to Calendar > Accounts from this menu; if you're using iOS 13 or older, tap Passwords & Accounts > Accounts.^[4]
- To figure out which iOS you're using, go to Settings > General > About and look next to the "Software Version" entry.^[5]
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Tap Subscribed Calendars . You'll see a list of all the calendars you're subscribed to.
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Tap . This i icon is to the right of the calendar's name.
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Tap Delete Calendar . It's at the bottom of the screen. You'll need to tap Delete Calendar to confirm your action before the calendar will be deleted.^[6]

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Open the Settings app and go to Accounts & Passwords. Click on "Subscribed Calendars." Click on the calendar you want to delete, then select "Delete Account." Finally, click "Delete Account" again to confirm it.
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I have 5 calendars under my gmail and I want to delete one of those calendars. Each time i open that specific calendar and hit delete, it just pops back up. Why?

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1. Open the Calendars app on your iPhone.
2. Tap on Calendars at the bottom of the screen.
3. Uncheck the radio button next to the calendar you want to hide.
4. Tap Done.

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