Holidays are automatically added to your calendar. You can update your calendar settings to:
- Show public holidays and other observances, public holidays only, or selected holidays.
- Add or remove holidays from other countries or regions.
- Add or remove religious holidays.
- Hide or unhide individual holidays.
- Change the color of holiday events.
Select holidays to show on your calendar
Important: You can’t edit the details of individual holidays on your calendar.
Public holidays and other observances appear on your calendar by default. To show public holidays only:
- On your computer, open Google Calendar.
- At the top right, click Settings Settings.
- On the left panel, click Add calendar Browse calendars of interest.
- Under "Regional holidays," find the holiday calendars you're subscribed to.
- Next to your preferred holiday calendar, click the drop-down.
- To change your preferred holidays, select the holidays you want to show on your calendar:
- Public holidays
- Other observances
Add or remove country and region holidays
- On your computer, open Google Calendar.
- At the top right, click Settings Settings.
- On the left panel, click Add calendar Browse calendars of interest.
- Under “Regional holidays,” click Browse all.
- To add or remove a calendar, check the box next to it.
Add or remove religious holidays
- On your computer, open Google Calendar.
- At the top right, click Settings Settings.
- On the left panel, click Add calendar Browse calendars of interest.
- To add or remove a religious holiday, under “Global religious holidays,” check or uncheck the box next to it.
Tip: To preview religious holidays, click Preview .
Hide all holidays from your calendar
- On your computer, open Google Calendar.
- On the left, under "Other calendars," uncheck Holidays.
Tip: Calendars with an empty box are already hidden from your calendar.
Hide individual holidays from your calendar
- On your computer, open Google Calendar.
- Select a holiday.
- Click Trash Hide this holiday.
Unhide individual holidays from your calendar
- On your computer, open Google Calendar.
- At the top right, click Settings Settings.
- On the left panel, click Add calendar Browse calendars of interest.
- Next to your preferred holiday calendar, click Expand .
- Select specific holidays and observances you want to show on your calendar.
Subscribe to holiday calendars published on the web
You can use a link to add many third-party holiday calendars published on the web to Google Calendar.
- On your computer, open Google Calendar.
- On the left, next to "Other calendars," click Add other calendars From URL.
- Enter the URL of the published calendar.
- Click Add calendar.
- The calendar displays on the left, under "Other calendars."
Change the color of holiday events
- Open Google Calendar.
- On the left, find the holiday calendar.
- Click Options .
- Select a new color.
Tips:
- The color applies to all holiday events on your calendar.
- You can’t individually change the color of holiday events.