How to customize events (Labels and Colors)

What you can do

1. Change the color of events
   • To change the color of holidays, click here
   • To change the color of birthdays, click here
   • To change the color of external calendars, click here
2. Name the colors
3. Reorder the colors
4. Change an existing color to a different color

What you cannot do

• Increase the number of label colors

How it appears on the calendar

1. All-day events and events spanning multiple dates will have a “dark colored background + white text”
2. Events with set start and end times will have a “light colored background + colored text”

How to use

1. Change the color of events

iOS / Android / Web

1. Tap the second list icon from the left in the bottom menu
2. Select the shared calendar from “Calendar List”
3. Tap the event, then tap “...” at the top right and select “Edit”
4. On the event edit screen, tap the label icon “Emerald Green”

2. Name the colors

iOS / Android

1. Tap the second list icon from the left in the bottom menu
2. Select the shared calendar from “Calendar List”
3. Tap the icon with four squares at the top right
4. Tap “Manage event labels”
5. Tap the area where the color name is displayed
6. Enter the name
7. Tap “Save” at the top right

WEB

1. From the list of calendars on the left side of the screen, select a shared calendar
2. From the menu on the right side of the screen, click the bottommost “Calendar Settings” (see Article ⑨ below)Learn about each function of shared calendars (Web version)
3. Click “Manage event labels”
4. Click the area where the color name is displayed
5. Enter the name
6. Click “Save” at the bottom right

3. Reorder the colors

iOS / Android

1. Tap the second list icon from the left in the bottom menu
2. Select the shared calendar from “Calendar List”
3. Tap the icon with four squares at the top right
4. Tap “Manage event labels”
5. Long press the three horizontal lines “—” on the right of each color and move it up or down
6. Tap “Save” at the top right

WEB

1. From the list of calendars on the left side of the screen, select a shared calendar
2. From the menu on the right side of the screen, click the bottommost “Calendar Settings” (see Article ⑨ below)Learn about each function of shared calendars (Web version)
3. Click “Manage event labels”
4. Drag and drop the three horizontal lines “—” at the far right of each label color name to reorder
5. Click “Save” at the bottom right

4. Change an existing color to a different color

iOS / Android

1. Tap the second list icon from the left in the bottom menu
2. Select the shared calendar from “Calendar List”
3. Tap the icon with four squares at the top right
4. Tap “Manage event labels”
5. Tap the ◎ mark on the left side of each color
6. Select your preferred color
7. Tap “Save” at the top right

WEB

1. From the list of calendars on the left side of the screen, select a shared calendar
2. From the menu on the right side of the screen, click the bottommost “Calendar Settings” (see Article ⑨ below)Learn about each function of shared calendars (Web version)
3. Click “Manage event labels”
4. Click the ◎ mark on the left side of each color
5. Select your preferred color
6. Click “Save” at the bottom right