# How do I sync up my Google Phone's calendar so my mother can see it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 21, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sync-up-my-google-phones-calendar-so-my-mother-can-see-it/959889 "2022-02-21T18:29:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sync-up-my-google-phones-calendar-so-my-mother-can-see-it/959889/1 "2022-02-21T18:29:17Z")
Okay, when I uncheck Local@Phone/Phone Calendar, all the events that I’ve put on my Google Calendar app disappear, leaving me with just my birthday and paydays and such. How do I make it so that Local@Phone is visible on my Google Calendar for my computer, and then, how do I share my calendar with my mother? I’m getting awfully tired of talking it through manually every Sunday afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sync-up-my-google-phones-calendar-so-my-mother-can-see-it/959889/2 "2022-02-21T18:47:11Z")
I don’t know about the synch thing. But as far as being able to share your colander, I think the only work around would be to log in on one of her devices and stay logged in. But then she’d have access to your Gmail which you may or may not care about. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sync-up-my-google-phones-calendar-so-my-mother-can-see-it/959889/3 "2022-02-21T18:57:14Z")
No good; I don’t want her to have access to my Gmail; just my calendar. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sync-up-my-google-phones-calendar-so-my-mother-can-see-it/959889/4 "2022-02-21T19:05:58Z")
Oh I just found it. On desktop go to settings, permissions settings, manage family. (All this done from the calendar page) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sync-up-my-google-phones-calendar-so-my-mother-can-see-it/959889/5 "2022-02-21T19:14:55Z")
I’m not seeing Permissions Settings. I’m only seeing language and region, time zone, world clock, event settings, notification settings, view options, events from Gmail, keyboard shortcuts, and offline. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sync-up-my-google-phones-calendar-so-my-mother-can-see-it/959889/6 "2022-02-21T19:20:05Z")
You have to do it from your general “Manage my Google account” settings, not the Calendar settings. Family settings should be at the top of the page under “People & Sharing.” If you don’t have a Family set up you can do it from there (“Create family group”). ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sync-up-my-google-phones-calendar-so-my-mother-can-see-it/959889/7 "2022-02-21T19:24:15Z")
From the calendar page; Upper right hand corner hit cog Click settings On the left hand side of the screen click “family” under “Settings for my calendar” Now in the middle screen click “manage family” under permissions settings If you don’t already see your mother there, you can send her an invite., ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sync-up-my-google-phones-calendar-so-my-mother-can-see-it/959889/8 "2022-02-21T19:26:58Z")
Okay, I’ve sent her an invite, but my Local@Phone calendar still isn’t syncing. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sync-up-my-google-phones-calendar-so-my-mother-can-see-it/959889/9 "2022-02-21T19:36:13Z")
Okay, she’s able to see the stuff that I manually copy from Local@Phone to my Gmail calendar; is there a way I can do a massive transfer, or do I have to go one event at a time? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sync-up-my-google-phones-calendar-so-my-mother-can-see-it/959889/10 "2022-02-21T19:49:58Z")
Related — there should be a setting where the calendar details are hidden. So for example instead of seeing **Dinner and movies with Racquel** on Friday night from 5pm to 9am Saturday 🙂 it merely says **Busy**. I think it’s a global setting for all events, and it can also be set for any particular event. A guess; am not certain. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sync-up-my-google-phones-calendar-so-my-mother-can-see-it/959889/11 "2022-02-22T00:12:47Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > From the calendar page; > > Upper right hand corner hit cog > Click settings > On the left hand side of the screen click “family” under “Settings for my calendar” From the main calendar page, on the left-hand side under “My Calendars”, you should be able to click the “…” menu next to the calendar name to jump to that settings page.