Invite people to your Calendar outcome

Yous can add together anyone with an email address to your result, even if they don't have Google Calendar.

Add people to your upshot

  1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
  2. Click an resultand then Edit eventEdit.
  3. On the right, under "Guests," start typing the name of the person and choose someone from your contacts. You lot tin also type an email accost to invite people who aren't in your contacts list.
    To marking a guest as optional: Adjacent to the guest'southward proper noun, click the person's icon People. If you don't see the icon, hover over the guest's name.
  4. When yous're washed editing your upshot, click Save.

When you salve your event, an e-mail invitation will be sent to your guests.

You can't add together people to events that are automatically created from Gmail.

Options for inviting guests

Invite people who don't use Google Agenda

Yous can invite people who don't employ Google Agenda to your event. Only follow the steps above and invite the person using their email address.

Your guests will receive an email invitation. They can allow you know if they are going by clicking the Yes, No, or Peradventure links in the email.

Invite people using Google Groups

You can invite a Google Grouping to your effect instead of inviting people one by one. Just follow the steps above and add together the electronic mail address for the grouping. Learn more about inviting groups to your effect.

Find a meeting time

If someone has shared their calendar with you, or is part of your work, school, or other organization, you tin can check if they're free or busy when adding them to an event.

  1. On your figurer, open Google Calendar.
  2. On the left click Search for people.
  3. Start typing someone's name and choose the person you want to meet with.
  4. At the top left, click CreateAdd.
  5. Click Suggested times. If the guest you invited has shared their calendar with you, you'll see when they can nourish.

Guests in multiple time zones

If a guest is in another time zone and has shared their calendar with you lot, you'll come across when their meeting starts under their name at the top. Their meeting time is based on their electric current time zone. Learn more than well-nigh a sharing calendar.

Forwards a calendar invitation electronic mail

Important: If you forwards an invitation, the recipient might be able to see updated coming together details and could alter your RSVP response at any time.

If you have permission to add guests to an consequence, you tin can forward the invite to new guests past email. When new guests respond to the invite, they'll be added to the invitee list. They'll also be able to invite others.

If you don't desire guests to be able to invite others, edit your event and under "Guests can:" uncheck the box next to "invite others."

Email or conversation with invited guests

Important: The chat feature is only bachelor if you utilise Google Calendar through a work or school account.

  1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
  2. Click an event.
  3. Adjacent to the number of guests, select an option:

Rails responses to your event

When guests receive your invitation email, they can respond using the Yes, No, or Peradventure links in the e-mail.

To come across who responded to your event, only click the effect on your calendar. You'll meet who'due south attending, RSVP status, and details.

Troubleshoot problems

Guest limit for invitations

You can invite up to 200 people to an event.

If you demand to invite more people, you can invite people using Google Groups. With Groups, you lot can invite groups that have up to 100,000 people. Learn more than about inviting groups to your consequence.

Invitation not received

If a guest didn't receive an invitation for your event, here are a few things you can effort:

  • Attempt removing the invitee from the event and calculation them again. This should resend the invitation.
  • Enquire the guest to check the spam folder in their email.
  • Ask the guest to make sure that they didn't turn off email notifications for new events. If they use Google Calendar, inquire the invitee to check their electronic mail notifications while on a figurer.

Suggested times are wrong

Times are suggested based on a invitee's availability and work hours.

If someone's work hours are set incorrectly, y'all won't get the best suggested times.

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