Google Calendar – How to Prevent Spam Events

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In my Google Calendar, I sometimes find spam events that I never created.

In the screenshot below, you can see that they even managed to put my email address in the "Created by" field.

They are always in the past.

I could not find much information about this problem. This Google support tip tells me to click "Report spam", but there is no such link.

I could simply remove the event, but is there a more long-term solution?

I am using an up-to-date Firefox, on updated Ubuntu Linux, and check Google's "Activity on this account" often, so I think I can rule out the possibility of account hijacking.

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The spam events appear in my main calendar (I mean: the first one on the list, the one which does not have an "unsubscribe" link).
The sharing settings for this calendar are as seen below:

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Best Answer

I have found the answer here.

Resolution:

  • In Calendar: Click the gear, select "Settings",
  • Find the "Automatically add invitations to my calendar" section,
  • Set its value to "No, only show invitations to which I have responded".

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