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The exact process depends on what application you are using. But in general the process is pretty straigthforward. If your calendar application is configured as the default calendar on your computer, no special tricks are needed.

Step 1

On the Calendars page, select a calendar you like and click Subscribe.

If you are not logged in to WebCal.Guru, the button will be labeled Download. You will not be able to modify subscription settings and you will have significantly smaller selection of calendars. In this case, jump directly to Step 4.

Step 2

Adjust the subscription settings if needed and click Add to My Calendars.

Step 3

You will be taken to My calendars page. On the calendar you just added, click Download.

Step 4

Your browser will ask for your permission to open your calendar application. Click Allow to send the calendar data to your calendar for processing. From now on your calendar application handles the subscription.

If automatic subscription fails (for example, if you use a different calendar application than what your browser suggests), you will need to subscribe manually.

Step 1

On the Calendars page, select a calendar you like and click Subscribe.

If you are not logged in to WebCal.Guru, the button will be labeled Download. You will not be able to modify subscription settings and you will have significantly smaller selection of calendars. In this case, jump directly to Step 3.

Step 2

Adjust the subscription settings if needed and click Add to My Calendars.

Step 3

You will be taken to My calendars page. On the calendar you just added, click and select Download.

Step 4

Open your calendar application, and look for a command to add new calendar (or a new calendar subscription). Paste the address in Subscription URL or similar field. All applications are different so it is impossible to give instructions for all of them. If you can't find it, send email to [email protected] and we'll resolve it together.

Calendars are processed by your calendar application and that's where they're unsubscribed. Each application is a bit different, but in general you simply select the calendar to unsubscribe, then select Edit > Delete. Below in this help you will find more detailed instructions for most common calendar applications.

Most calendar applications remove alarms from calendar subscriptions. In order to see the alarms, in most cases you have to turn enable alarms in the subscription and remove filtering in your application. For details how to do this, take a look at the Help section for your platform/application below.

Step 1

On the Calendars page, select a calendar you wish to enable alarms for and click Edit.

Step 2

Click on the tab Alarms and adjust the alarm settings as you like.

Step 3

Click Save.

Step 4

Now you must prevent your calendar application from removing the alarms. By default they do not show alarms, so this has to be done for each application. If you can't find how to do this, please take a look at the instructions below for most common calendar applications. You may also send us email to [email protected]. The new settings take effect the next time your application downloads the calendar data, usually within a couple days. You may also do it manually to receive the update right away.

Alarms can be disabled either by having the calendar application remove them, or by disabling them at WebCal.Guru. This process shows how they are disabled from the subscription at WebCal.Guru. Note that disabling the alarms can be done with any device.

Step 1

On the Calendars page, select a calendar you wish disable enable alarms for and click Edit.

Step 2

Click on the tab Alarms and set both alarm settings to None.

Step 3

Click Save. The new settings take effect the next time your application downloads the calendar data, usually within a couple days. You may also do it manually to receive the update right away.

If the calendar can't be generated for any reason, its content is replaced by the error message. For example, if you have deleted the calendar subscription from WebCal.Guru, your calendar application will display an error.

WebCal.Guru can't remove the subscription from your calendar application. If you do delete a subscription, you must remove it manually from your calendar application.

Calendars, which are subscribed while not logged in, contain some ads. In order to get these calendars without ads, create an account and then subscribe to the calendar again. This will also provide other benefits, such as being able to modify the subscription settings. Once you've downloaded the new subscription, you should remove the old one to avoid having duplicate events.

When subscribing calendars to Apple devices, it can be done either directly to the device or via iCloud. The main difference is that when the subscription is done via iCloud, the subscription is automatically shared with all of the user's Apple devices. Usually this is just what the user wants.

On an iOS device (iPhone/iPad), it is not possible to subscribe via iCloud. All subscriptions done on an iOS device will be stored on that device only. Therefore it is recommended to subscribe using a Mac computer, and then the subscription is automatically shared with the iOS devices as well. Note that even if the subscription is done on a Mac and therefore shared with all of the user's devices, it is still possible to hide it from those devices where one does not want them.

If you still want to subscribe on the iOS device, please follow these instructions.

Step 1

On the Calendars page, select a calendar you like and click Subscribe.

If you are not logged in to WebCal.Guru, the button will be labeled Download. You will not be able to modify subscription settings and you will have significantly smaller selection of calendars. In this case, jump directly to Step 4.

Step 2

Adjust the subscription settings if needed and click Add to My Calendars.

Step 3

You will be taken to My calendars page. On the calendar you just added, click Download.

Step 4

You will be presented with a confirmation to subscribe the calendar. Tap Subscribe.

Step 5

Tap Done.

Alarms can be disabled either by having the iOS Calendar application remove them, or by disabling them at WebCal.Guru. This process shows how they are disabled from the subscription at WebCal.Guru. Note that disabling the alarms can be done with any device.

Step 1

On the Calendars page, select a calendar you wish disable enable alarms for and click Edit.

Step 2

Click on the tab Alarms and set both alarm settings to None.

Step 3

Click Save. The new settings take effect the next time your application downloads the calendar data, usually within a couple days.

Since most Android users have Google account, using Google Calendar.

Step 1

On the Calendars page, select a calendar you wish subscribe and tap Download.

Step 2

Adjust calendar settings if needed, then tap Add to My Calendars.

Step 3

You will be taken to Calendars page. On the calendar you just added, tap and select Add to Google Calendar.

Step 4

You will be taken to Google Calendar. Log in if necessary. Then tap Add.

Android does not support calendar downloads natively. However, there are applications which do just this. One which works great is ICSx⁵. Once you have installed that (some devices have it pre-installed), proceed with these instructions.

Step 1

On the Calendars page, select a calendar you wish subscribe and tap Download.

Step 2

Adjust calendar settings if needed, then tap Add to My Calendars.

Step 3

You will be taken to Calendars page. On the calendar you just added, tap Download.

Step 4

If nothing happens, you do not have an application (such as ICSx⁵) to handle calendar downloads.

Otherwise you'll be taken to that app. Tap

Step 5

Wait while the application downloads and validates the calendar.

Step 6

Tap

This depends on which application you are using to subscribe to a calendar. The most common of these is ICSx⁵. This application will be used as an example how to unsubscribe.

Step 1

Open the ICSx⁵ application and tap on the calendar you wish to remove.

Step 2

Tap .

Step 3

Tap Unsubscribe.

Calendars are processed by the calendar application and that's where they're unsubscribed. Unsubscribing can only be done in the macOS Calendar application, not at WebCal.Guru.

Step 1

If the calendar list is not shown, click Calendars.

Step 2

Select a calendar to delete.

Step 3

Right-click on the calendar and select Unsubscribe.

Step 4

Alternatively, you may open the Edit menu and select Delete.

The macOS Calendar application can add its own alarms to events in subscribed calendars. To remove them, follow these instructions.

Step 1

Open the Calendar menu and select Preferences.

Step 2

Select the account where the subscribed calendars are (usually iCloud or On My Mac). Make sure both Events and All Day Events are set to None.

Alarms can be disabled either by having the macOS Calendar application remove them, or by disabling them at WebCal.Guru. This process shows how they are disabled from the subscription at WebCal.Guru. Disabling the alarms can be done with any device. Note that the macOS Calendar application may also add alarms to events even though the calendar does not contain them. Please take a look at the previous section I have not enabled alarms but I still get them. Why? as well.

Step 1

On the Calendars page, select a calendar you wish disable enable alarms for and click Edit.

Step 2

Click on the tab Alarms and set both alarm settings to None.

Step 3

Click Save. The new settings take effect the next time your application downloads the calendar data, usually within a couple days. If you wish, you may tell the Calendar to refresh the data immediately. Open the Calendar application, open the View menu and select Refresh Calendars.

The Mac version of Outlook does not support subscribing calendars. However, you may add a calendar subscription via Outlook.com (see Outlook Web below). Note that if you are using a corporate address, your Outlook webmail address is probably different.

We have not found a way to enable alarms for subscribed calendars on Windows Outlook. The application seems to remove the and there seems to be no way to enable them. If you find a way, please drop us a line at [email protected]. You will get rewarded! The instructions below show how to make the calendar contain alarms, but again, Outlook will not show them (at least without special trickery).

Step 1

On the Calendars page, select a calendar you wish to enable alarms for and click Edit.

Step 2

Click on the tab Alarms and adjust the alarm settings as you like.

Step 3

Click Save.

Step 4

Now the subscription contains alarms, but they'll be removed by Outlook. If you find a way to show them, please tell us at [email protected].

We have found no way to enable alarms for subscribed calendars on Windows Outlook. If you have found a way, please drop us a line at [email protected]. Assuming you have found a way to enable them, here's how to disable them.

Step 1

On the Calendars page, select a calendar you wish disable enable alarms for and click Edit.

Step 2

Click on the tab Alarms and set both alarm settings to None.

Step 3

Click Save. The new settings take effect the next time your application downloads the calendar data, usually within a couple days. You may also do it manually to receive the update right away.

Google Calendar does not care about alarms in subscribed calendars. But you can set the alarms in a different way.

Step 1

After logging in to Google Calendar, take a look in the panel in the left side. If needed, open Other calendars by clicking to show the calendars. Click and select Settings.

Step 2

Click Add notifications.

Step 3

Set the desired notification for both Event notifications and All-day event notifications.

Google Calendar updates calendar subscriptions every 12 or 24 hours. There is no way for the user to force Google Calendar to update more often. You can either just wait up to 24 hours for Google Calendar to update, or you can change the subscription identifier. When the identifier is changed, Google doesn't find the calendar in its cache and is forced to download it.

Step 1

First, delete the current calendar subscription from Google. Log in to Google Calendar, take a look in the panel in the left side. If needed, open Other calendars by clicking to show the calendars. Then click to unsubscribe from that calendar.

Step 2

Open the menu by clicking and select Change subscription identifier.

Step 3

Add the calendar with the new subscription identifier back to Google. Click and select Add to Google Calendar.

We have not found a way to enable alarms for subscribed calendars on Windows Outlook. The application seems to remove the and there seems to be no way to enable them. If you find a way, please drop us a line at [email protected]. You will get rewarded! The instructions below show how to make the calendar contain alarms, but again, Outlook will not show them (at least without special trickery).

Step 1

On the Calendars page, select a calendar you wish to enable alarms for and click Edit.

Step 2

Click on the tab Alarms and adjust the alarm settings as you like.

Step 3

Click Save.

Step 4

Now the subscription contains alarms, but they'll be removed by Outlook. If you find a way to show them, please tell us at [email protected].

We have found no way to enable alarms for subscribed calendars on Windows Outlook. If you have found a way, please drop us a line at [email protected]. Assuming you have found a way to enable them, here's how to disable them.

Step 1

On the Calendars page, select a calendar you wish disable enable alarms for and click Edit.

Step 2

Click on the tab Alarms and set both alarm settings to None.

Step 3

Click Save. The new settings take effect the next time your application downloads the calendar data, usually within a couple days. You may also do it manually to receive the update right away.