How to Sync and Save Birthdays in Google Calendar – Complete Guide
Google Calendar is normally used for events and reminders. While you can set up reminders for birthdays manually, Google Calendar also has an easy trick up its sleeve that makes saving birthdays a much easier process. Here’s how to sync and save birthdays in Google Calendar automatically and manually. So let’s begin.
How to Sync Birthdays to Google Calendar From Contacts
Google Calendar can sync with Google Contacts and fetch birth dates from contacts that have them saved. For that, first, you need to save the birthday details in your Google Contacts.
1.Open theGoogle Contactswebsite. If you haven’t logged in, you may log in to your Google account now.
2.Now select any contact that you want to add the birthday details. If you don’t have their contact, you can create a new contact and add their name. You don’t have to know their number or the email address to save their contact.
3.On the contacts page, click on theEditbutton to edit the contact details.
4.On the edit page, you should see theBirthdayoption where you’re able to add the contact’s birthday details in mm/dd/yyyy format.
5.Once done, click onSave. Birthday details for that contact are saved in the Google Contacts and it should sync with the Google Calendar shortly. You can add the birthday details for as many contacts following the same steps.
6.Now openGoogle Calendarand make sure theBirthdayscalendar is enabled in the sidebar. This is necessary to sync and display birthdays from Google Contacts.
7.If you can’t find the sidebar, click on thePlus icon +besides Other calendars.
8.in the menu, selectBrowser calendars of interest.
9.Here enable the checkbox besideYour Contactsunder the Birthdays section.
10.This should add Birthdays calendar in the sidebar. So you get back and enable the Birthdays calendar. Now you should be able to move to that date and see the birthday event directly on the Google Calendar.
Now all your birthday details in the contacts will be synced to Google Calendar. Moving forward, you’re able to simply add or edit the birthday details of the contact, and they will automatically sync to Google Calendar. You can also do the same on the phone with the help of Google Contacts and the Google Calendar apps respectively. They are available for both Android and iOS.
But there are a couple of problems with this method.
If you want to get notified of birthdays, create recurring events manually on Google Calendar directly.
How to Save Birthdays to Google Calendar Manually
To save birthdays, you need to create recurring events as you want to get reminded to wish every year. Here’s how to do that.
1.OpenGoogle Calendarand click onCreateoption at the top left corner. In the drop-down menu, select theEventoption to create an event.
2.Now enter the name of the contact in the title section.
3.Then click on the date and choose a day, month, year, and time if you want to.
4.Now click on the time option and set it asAll day. Note that you can either set a specific time for when to receive the reminder or All day and see a notification the entire day.
5.Now click on the drop-down that says ‘Does not repeat’ and set it toAnnually. This will make your event a recurring event that occurs and reminds you every year.
6.Now click onMore optionsto configure notification settings.
7.Here click on theAdd notificationoption
8.By default, it is set to remind you one day before at 9 AM. But you can change the notification settings as you wish with the time and date you are comfortable with.
9.You can also choose the calendar where you want to save these birthday events if you wish to keep them separate.
10.Once done, click onSavebutton at the top.
That’s it, you have successfully saved the birthday details on Google Calendar that will show and notify you every year.
Notification for Party Time
Adding Birthday Events manually can be a long press as you have to add a name, date, and time and edit notification settings for every birthday that you want to add. So you’re able to simply add birthdays to Google Contacts and check them on Google Calendar. For only contacts that you would like to get notified about their birthdays, you can continue the manual process. Once done, you will get these notifications every year without having to set them again and again.
Instead of adding each birthday manually, you can also use Chrome extensions likeBirthday Calendar Extractor for Facebookto save all the birthday events and upload them to Google Calendar. But it will not sync in real-time meaning if you add new friends, their birthdays won’t be added automatically. You can alsoimport all the events from Facebook to Google Calendardirectly from Facebook itself.
Ravi Teja KNTS
Tech writer with over 4 years of experience at TechWiser, where he has authored more than 700 articles on AI, Google apps, Chrome OS, Discord, and Android. His journey started with a passion for discussing technology and helping others in online forums, which naturally grew into a career in tech journalism. Ravi’s writing focuses on simplifying technology, making it accessible and jargon-free for readers. When he’s not breaking down the latest tech, he’s often immersed in a classic film – a true cinephile at heart.
