Google Calendar: Howto Import Outlook (CSV) or iCal Calendar Events

Contributor Icon Contributed by davak Date Icon September 30, 2008  
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Google calendar is here. Importing from a CSV or iCal file is easy enough.


What to import your schedule from outlook into google calendar? Actually importing from any CSV or iCAL file is very easy.

Here is the tutorial to go from Outlook to Google Calendar:

1. Open Outlook
2. Click File menu
3. Click Import and Export
4. Click Export to a file
5. Click Comma Separated Values (DOS)
6. You may be required to install the possible translator here. Just follow the directions on the screen.
7. Select folder to export from: Calendar
8. Browse, name, and save the file some place easy to find it. (Desktop)
9. Click Next
10. On the follow actions will be performed screen click the Finish button.
11. Allow the export to perform
12. Open Google Calendar
13. Click the small ‘Add’ link in the bottom right corner of the “Other calendars” box that’s on the left side of your calendar page.
14. Click the Import Calendarlink under Calendar settings
15. Click the Browse button and select your exported file
16. Choose your calendar
17. Click Import and wait. It may take a bit.
18. It’ll tell you when it’s done!!!

Congratulations. Your outlook calendar is now exported to google calendar!

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  • Kevin
    could not see "Import" only "Export" in Calendar settings. I am using Google Chrome browser.
  • moi
    same here whats up with that?
  • Kevin: It looks like this was recently changed. I'll update the main recipe, but here is how to do it now.

    Click the Add arrow under the Calendar list in the left column
    Select Import from there.
  • Kevin
    Holy smokes! There it is. Thanx.
  • Anytime!
  • Kevin
    ...any idea about importing contacts from Outlook to Gmail so that all the fields and entries make the trip?
  • wdonders
    Sorry, but I still can't find the import option.

    Only in the pulldown menu under 'Add' in the 'Other calendars' pane, there is an import option.
    But not in the 'My calendars' Pane.
    And i want to import a calendar which i can edit, not a 'other calendar', cause these are not editable.
    help! Am i missing something?
  • J. Cadow
    For this to "work good" in the current Google Calendar interface, change step 13 to:

    13. Click the small 'Add' link in the bottom right corner of the "Other calendars" box that's on the left side of your calendar page.
  • josh
    Thanks, it worked good.
  • I moved my Palm calendar to Gcal by exporting it to yahoo calendar, then exporting as a csv to Gcal.
  • Cool app, but the import feature was a pain in the back!
  • richard S
    does this process update the google calendar when you add stuff to the outlook?
  • Linda gollette
    thanks for the advise it worked perfectly
  • I don't seem to be able to import reoccurring events - they become 100s of individual events.. is there any way to resolve this..

    eg. If I have a weekly appointment in Outlook - it becomes an separate appointment for each week in Google Calendars - not good if you want to change the address / details of the appointment for all instances!

    Pls. help!

    Cheers,

    -=Steve
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