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Google Calendar: unable to specify which calendars to view

June 22nd, 2008 by Alex Luft

Update 6/23/2008: two commenters have pointed out to me that the check box is now the entire name of the calendar.  In fact, it is.  False alarm.  Should have been more attentive.

We have been receiving emails throughout the day of withdrawn functionality from Google Calendar.  We have tested the issue and are now confirming that users no longer have the ability to specify which calendar(s) are displayed.  Three staff members and five acquaintances and general friends-in-tech have confirmed our findings.  We have tested using Firefox 3, Firefox 2, IE 7, Safari 3.1, and WebKit r34728 nightly build.

Earlier in the week, this feature was controlled by check boxes next to every calendar name.  This means that as of now, there is no easy way to choose which calendars are shown and which are hidden in the popular online calendaring application (which, for those of us with a multitude of calendars, is a major minus).

Google Calendar without check boxes next to calendar names

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  • 1 Pedro Jun 22, 2008 at 10:58 pm

    The checkbox is now the entire list entry. Just click the entry to toggle between on and off.

  • 2 Sandy Hernandez Jun 22, 2008 at 11:12 pm

    Have you tried clicking on the calendar’s name?

  • 3 Alex Luft Jun 23, 2008 at 6:44 am

    Thanks to both of you! The checkbox is indeed now the entire name of the calendar. Sneaky-deaky Google ;)

    I’ll post an update right away.

    Thanks again!