Adding Web Calendars and Events to Google Calendar
This article explains how to add web calendars and individual events to your Google Calendar. This is useful for subscribing to academic calendars, shared team schedules, or external event feeds.
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    Adding Web Calendars to Google Calendar
 
You can subscribe to calendars and events for your Google Calendar when you click  or Add to Calendar links in websites. To do so
 or Add to Calendar links in websites. To do so
I. Allow Google Calendar to Open Web Calendar Links
- Log into Google Calendar at go.stonybrook.edu/gcal in the Google Chrome browser
- In the right side of the address bar click on the icon icon 
- In the pop up, select Use Google Calendar and click Done
  
 If you do not see the icon icon- Click on the  icon in the top-right corner of Google Chrome icon in the top-right corner of Google Chrome
- Click on Settings
- At the bottom of the Settings page, click Show advanced settings...
- In the Privacy section, click Content settings...
- Scroll to the Handlers section and be sure the Allow sites to ask to become default handlers for protocols option is selected
- Click Manage handlers...
- If  appears in the Ignored protocol handlers list, click X to the right to remove it from that list, close the window, and then repeat steps 1-3 above appears in the Ignored protocol handlers list, click X to the right to remove it from that list, close the window, and then repeat steps 1-3 above
 
- Click on the 
II. Subscribe to Calendars or Events
- Where you see  or Add to Calendar links on trusted websites, click or Add to Calendar links on trusted websites, click or Add to Calendar or Add to Calendar
- Your Google Calendar will open with a message asking if you want to add the calendar. Click Yes, add this calendar  
- The calendar/event will be added to your list of Other calendars in Google Calendar, and its events will display  
This Content Last Updated:
05/06/2025
