How to export your Google Calendar as an .ics file

Exporting saves a copy of your Google Calendar as a file. You need that file to print your calendar the way you want, back it up, or move it to another app. Here’s every click.

Before you start

• You need: a computer (Windows, Mac or Chromebook). The Google Calendar app on a phone can’t export.
• Time: about 1 minute.
• Nothing changes in your calendar. Exporting only makes a copy.

Faster: copy your calendar’s link instead

If you only want to print a calendar, you don’t need a file at all. Each Google calendar has a private link you can paste into our printer:

1. In Google Calendar on a computer, click ⚙ › Settings.
2. On the left, under Settings for my calendars, click the calendar.
3. Scroll to Integrate calendar and copy Secret address in iCal format.
4. On Print Google Calendar, paste it under Fastest: paste your calendar’s link and click Load.

Keep the secret address private: anyone who has it can see the calendar. Our server only fetches it to pass the calendar to your browser and doesn’t store it. If you ever share it by mistake, click Reset next to it in Google Calendar. On work or school accounts, the administrator may have hidden this address; use the export below instead.

Export all your calendars

1. Open Google Calendar on a computer and sign in.
2. Open Settings. At the top right, click the ⚙ gear icon, then Settings.
   You’ll see: a settings page with a menu on the left (General, Add calendar, Import & export…).
3. Click Import & export in the left menu.
4. Under Export, click Export.
   You’ll see: a .zip file download, named after your email address, in your Downloads folder.

Export just one calendar

1. In Google Calendar, on the left under My calendars, point at the calendar’s name.
2. Click the ⋮ (three dots) next to it, then Settings and sharing.
3. Near the top, under Calendar settings, click Export calendar.
   You’ll see: a small .zip with just that calendar.

Check that it worked

• In Downloads there’s a file ending in .zip (for example you@gmail.com.ical.zip).
• You don’t need to unzip it. Inside are .ics files, one per calendar; our printer opens the .zip directly.

What might confuse you

• “I got a .zip, not an .ics.” Normal. Google packs one .ics per calendar into a zip. Drop the zip on the printer.
• “There’s no Import & export in Settings.” Make sure you’re on a computer at calendar.google.com, not the phone app. On a work or school account, your admin may have turned export off.
• “A shared calendar is missing.” You can only export calendars you’re allowed to change and share. Ask the owner to export it, or use its public iCal link in the printer’s Or paste a calendar link box.
• “Can I export to PDF or Excel?” Google can’t. Open the zip in our printer and choose Save as PDF when printing, or click Download events as CSV for Excel.

Next: print it

Drop the .zip on Print Google Calendar, pick a layout (month, week, list or year) and print or save a PDF. Your calendar is read in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

Print the exported calendar →