How-To Add Your Google Calendar To Outlook 2007
With the Side-by-side calendar view support of Outlook 2007, adding my Google Calendar to my Outlook 2007 client at work was a simple yet effective way for me to avoid missing personal appointments. The process works by configuring Outlook to connect or subscribe to the Google Calendars Private ICAL address.
Editor Update 11/3/2023 – Be sure to check our latest article using the most recent version of Microsoft Outlook.
Before you add your calendar, it’s important to understand two things about connecting Outlook to an Internet Calendar (ICAL):
- ICAL only allows for READ ONLY access to your Google calendar inside Outlook. You cannot make any changes.
- There is no authentication on the Private ICAL address, so be sure not to share it with anyone unless you want them to see all your Google Calendar Appointments/Events.
Okay, enough small talk. How do we do it?
How-To Add Google And Other Internet Calendars To Microsoft Outlook 2007.
Step 1
Finding the ICAL address can be a little tricky. First, open your Google Calendar and click Settings. Then once the page loads Click Calendars.
Step 2
Click the calendar you want to display in Outlook. Below I selected my groovyDexter Calendar.
Step 3
Scroll down the page and find the Private Address Section. Right-Click the ICAL button and Click Copy Address (or Copy Link Location if using Firefox) to get the secret address. Copy the URL address you get from the ICAL button using Right-Click Copy
Before you continue, did you copy the ICAL address from the PRIVATE address and not the Calendar Address? This choice is important. Double check now.
Step 4
Open Outlook, Click Tools > Account Settings
Step 5
In the account settings pop-up Click Internet Calendars. Next, Click New then Paste the ICAL address into the white box and Click Add.
Step 6
Assign a name to your Calendar Folder and an optional description. Check the box under Update Limit.
Note: Update Limit will just keep your Outlook from spamming the calendar server needlessly
Step 7
Open your Outlook Calendar and look for the newly Created Google Calendar on the left sidebar. Check the Box to display it next to your existing Calendar.
Viola! Now, you can see both your Outlook Calendar and your Google Calendar simultaneously. Please remember that this process leaves your Google Calendar as “read-only” so you won’t be able to mess with it from within Outlook. If you find it’s not getting updated frequently enough, just press the F9 Key to force an update/pull from your Google Calendar.
The result should look something like my Calendar below:
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TechTalk on WRLR 98.3 FM
October 13, 2009 at 8:58 am
Note that if you right click on the calendar and choose ‘View in Overlay Mode’ it will put the calendars on top of each other, making it very easy to see appointment conflicts and the like!
MrGroove
October 14, 2009 at 8:46 am
@TechTalk, great tip! Thanks for the feedback and welcome to the site!
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October 14, 2009 at 1:02 pm
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Shari
September 7, 2011 at 11:06 am
ok – after I sync the calenders…. it seems as though the online calender’s time zone changes – everything is one hour off. How do I fix that?
Janet
May 15, 2013 at 8:36 am
is there anyway to enable to create a calendar appointment? i have heard about google sync but its only for business/school users not ordinary accounts.
i use my calender on my android phone so it would be very useful to edit within outlook, as i travel.
help
Tracy
March 3, 2014 at 11:24 am
Thank you!!!!!
Techservices.us
March 10, 2014 at 12:28 pm
There used to be a program that Google discontinued Called Google Calendar Sync.(They want you to buy Google Apps for $50/yr) It still works they just don’t list it for download but you can get it from someone who still has the exe. (hint Hint) just send an email address and Santa will send you a little present ;-). It syncs 2 way or 1 way, I use it for my Android and Ipad and for Contacts you can use GOContactSync
Mischa
July 3, 2015 at 2:26 am
I use Outlook calendar for business and Google for privat matters. Would it be possible to integrate Google Calendar items in Outlook as privat items?
peter
August 20, 2015 at 5:30 am
A little glitch here, you say “Right-Click the ICAL button and Click Copy Address” and when pasted into new calendar box it magical turns into http and where did the https go ?
Any Ideas ?
Thanks in advance.
Javier
October 15, 2015 at 2:36 am
Great info. I could successfully configure the google calendar.
Thanks.
Mia
October 26, 2016 at 7:39 pm
Can you please email me the Google Calendar Sync.exe file…..PLEASE
Techservices.us
October 27, 2016 at 8:24 am
Unfortunately besides removing the download they crippled the program so it no longer functions.However all is not lost. There is a program called gsyncit at gsyncit.com (fieldstone software) that does it and more. The free version makes you wait 14 seconds (big deal) and only syncs email I think. The paid version syncs everything. Good luck.