Google Calendar: Change the Default Event Reminder

Contributed by Rob Rogers  
Tagged: Google  

By default, Google Calendar uses a Pop-up 10 minutes prior to an event as a reminder to you. If you’re like me, this proves to be rather useless if you don’t have gCal constantly open. A better option, in this case, is to have gCal send you a reminder email at a predefined time period prior to the event. Since I have my email open far more frequently than gCal, I will be more likely to actually get the reminder when I need it.

1. Log in to your Google Calendar.

2. Go to the horizontal menu in the upper right and select Settings.

3. Under Calendar Settings, select the Calendars link.

4. Go to the desired calendar on the list of My Calendars. Select the Notifications link for that calendar.

5. Go to the Event reminders section and use the By default, remind me via dropdown and select Email.

6. Use the next dropdown to select the amount of time prior to the event that you would like to be notified via email.

7. You can add additional reminders by clicking the Add another reminder link and following the same steps as above.

8. When you are finished, click the Save button.