Google-apps – “opt out” of Google Calendar while keeping the Gmail account

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I would like to handle invitations manually (in iCloud, actually) without any invitations, events, or anything showing up in my Google Calendar account.

Because if that’s the case, there will be a time when I click “accept” and it gets added to a calendar I don’t use.

Please do not suggest non-answers! Valid answers:

  • How to disable Calendar while keeping Gmail
  • Any magic solution to always mirror GCal events to iCloud
  • A sourced answer that what I ask is impossible (no guesses).

Best Answer

While it's not possible to disable the Google Calendar portion of your Google account altogether, it's easy to remove it from OS X.

Go to the Mail, Contacts, and Calendars preference pane in System Preferences: enter image description here

Then deselect Calendars from your Google account: enter image description here

Voilá! No more Google Calendar in iCal.

Similarly, on iOS:

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Updated answer:

To stop receiving email notifications from Google Calendar, go to the Settings in calendar and go to your primary calendar (it should be labeled as your email address if you haven't changed anything.) Then to to the Notifications tab and uncheck all notifications. This will prevent you from being emailed regarding any calendar activity.

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