You know that saying, just because you can, doesn’t mean you should? We’re sure some of you have friends, family members, classmates, or colleagues that love to spam you with Google Calendar invites for just about everything under the sun. Well, the good news is that you will soon be able to block them.
Google Calendar lets you block spam invites
Google has announced that users will soon be able to block Google Calendar spam. Once you block a user, you will no longer receive calendar invitations from them. The blocking process is also pretty simple and straightforward: Open up the event invite, click the three-dot icon, and click on “block” and you’re all set.
It’s worth noting that this is an account-wide block. This means that if you block that user from Google Calendar, you block them across your Google accounts, like email, document or spreadsheet collaborations, and so on. This is useful if you’re blocking unknown users and spam accounts, but if you’re trying to block friends, family, or co-workers, then it’s a little tricky.
But what if the person is sending invites from a non-Google account? According to Google, this blocking feature won’t help with that. Instead, Google suggests using Gmail’s blocking function. This essentially blocks all emails from that user, which includes Google Calendar invites.
When is it rolling out?
According to Google, users won’t have to do anything on their end to use this feature. However, it seems to be rolling out in stages. Google says that it could take up to 15 days to roll out to all users. The rollout started August 18, so you should be able to access it either before the month is out or early September.
It is also available to all Google Workspace customers as well as individual users. It looks like Google isn’t locking it behind a paywall, so that’s good.
This is just one of several Google Calendar upgrades the company has been making in recent months. Just a few months ago, Google let users personalize events with more colors. They also added support for Gemini, allowing users to add events to Google Calendar from a website with a prompt.
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