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Google Calendar it is creating random events according to the messages that are received in Gmail. The app is presenting a problem for some users by showing events that last a whole day, despite the fact that they have not programmed anything at all.
“Google Calendar has been showing randomly created all-day events based on Gmail messages that don’t necessarily relate to any specific event. There is no clear pattern with this error, although it seems that emails with dates mentioned may be a trigger.”says 9to5Google.
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Even newsletters could lead to more reminders being created. “A common event we’re seeing created in one of our accounts, as well as a few others, is a ‘US Financial Privacy Notice’, which shows up as an all-day calendar event, as well as a reminder notification on phones. Android with the same title. Newsletters also seem to be triggering these events.”, he adds.
Y’all, my @googlecalendar has started creating random events based on emails I’ve got… only it’s just like, random marketing content and newsletters.
What fresh hell is this? pic.twitter.com/9ZWR4Txw9C
— Christina Stephens (@CEStephens) December 23, 2022
Until now, Google has not confirmed what causes this problem. Also, not all users who use this application are created these events. However, there is a quick and easy solution to avoid the problem.
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How to prevent Google Calendar from creating random events based on Gmail?
The answer is very simple: the option for the app to create events according to emails is deactivated. That is, manually, we tell the application that we do not want it to add reminders based on Gmail, specifically. To do so, just follow these steps:
Source: Elcomercio
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