Google Calendar: Change the Default Event Reminder

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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.

 

7 Comments -


  1. *Marie* said on May 20, 2009

    Thank you! I will be on time to a lot more now.

  2. HC said on May 26, 2009

    Thanks a lot! It bugged me always to have the reminder set. Now it’s turned off. Gracias!

  3. guest said on February 17, 2010

    thank you! Been looking for this for a while :)

  4. Pete Burden said on June 22, 2010

    thanks – helpful

  5. Girrlkitty said on August 20, 2010

    Thank you! I couldn’t figure out how to change that, and I wanted to turn them off altogether by default.

  6. Deepcamry said on September 17, 2010

    Is it possible to Notify a group of people at once?

  7. Y.S. said on August 30, 2011

    Thank you!

 

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