How to Share a Calendar on iPhone With Anyone (iOS 27)

Last updated: October 2026, for iOS 27. Every step below matches Apple's iPhone User Guide for iOS 27 and Google's and Microsoft's own help pages, checked in October 2026.

Sharing a calendar on iPhone is easy once you know which of Apple's methods fits the person you're sharing with. The catch is that there are five of them, they live in different places, and the one you pick decides whether the other person can edit your events, needs an Apple Account, or can see your calendar at all on an Android phone.

This guide covers every case: your partner, your family, a coworker on Android, your own iPad, one single event, and a whole club or class. Each section says exactly what the other person sees.

Which way should you share your iPhone calendar?

Start with who you're sharing with. That decides the method.

Before you start: only iCloud calendars can be shared

The sharing options only appear for calendars stored in iCloud. If you don't see Add Person or Public Calendar, the calendar is probably stored somewhere else:

• A Google or Outlook calendar that you've added to your iPhone. Share those from Google Calendar or Outlook instead.
• A calendar stored only on your iPhone, which happens when iCloud isn't turned on for Calendar. Create a new iCloud calendar and move your events into it (open an event, tap Calendar, then pick the iCloud one).

The people you invite also need an email address in your contacts, because the invitation goes to their email.

One more thing: in iOS 27, most Calendar buttons are icons, not words. The screenshots below show exactly which one to tap.

How to share an iPhone calendar with specific people

Use this for a partner, a coworker or a friend who also uses an iPhone, iPad or Mac. It's private: only the people you invite can see the calendar, and you can let them add and change events.

1. Open the Calendar app.
2. Tap the Calendars button at the bottom right (the small calendar icon).
3. Tap the Info button (ⓘ) next to the iCloud calendar you want to share. The Edit Calendar screen opens.
4. Tap Add Person, then type a name or email address. You can also tap the + button to pick from your contacts.
5. Tap the red ✓ (Done) at the top right.

The other person gets an invitation. As soon as they accept it, your calendar shows up in their Calendar app and stays in sync.

Make it view-only, or stop sharing

People you add can change events until you say otherwise: under Shared With, each person shows View & Edit by default. To change what someone can do, tap Calendars, tap the Info button next to the shared calendar, and tap the person's name. Then:

• Turn off Allow Editing to make it view-only for them.
• Tap Delete to stop sharing with them completely.

When someone changes a shared calendar, your iPhone tells you. To turn that off for one calendar, open its Edit Calendar screen and turn off Show Changes under Shared Events. To turn it off for all of them, go to Settings → Notifications → Calendar → Customize Notifications and turn off Shared Calendar Changes.

How to share your iPhone calendar with your family

If you use Family Sharing, you already have a shared calendar. When you join a Family Sharing group, a calendar called Family is added to everyone's Calendar app automatically. A family group can have up to six people: the organizer plus five members.

To put an event on it, create the event as usual, tap Calendar and choose Family. It shows up on everyone's iPhone, iPad and Mac in the group.

Not using Family Sharing, or want to share with family members outside the group? Make a separate iCloud calendar (Calendars → Add Calendar) called something like "Home" and share it with Add Person, as above.

How to share an iPhone calendar with Android, Google Calendar or Outlook users

Apple's invitations only work for people with an Apple Account. For everyone else, there's a public link. It's read-only: they see your events, but they can't add or change them.

1. Tap Calendars, then the Info button next to the iCloud calendar.
2. Turn on Public Calendar.
3. Tap Share Link, which appears once Public Calendar is on, and send it with Messages, Mail or anything else.

What the other person does with the link

Google Calendar, including Android phones. Google only lets you add a calendar by link on a computer, not in the app. On calendar.google.com, they click the + next to Other calendars, choose From URL, paste your link and click Add calendar. After that it also appears in the Google Calendar app on their Android phone. If Google won't accept the link, change the webcal:// at the start to https:// and try again.

Outlook. In Outlook.com or Outlook on the web, they click Add calendar, choose Subscribe from web, paste the link and click Import.

Another iPhone or a Mac. They just tap the link and confirm the subscription.

Two things to know about public links

• Anyone with the link can see the calendar. That includes event names, times and locations. Don't use a public link for a calendar with private details. To cut off access, turn Public Calendar off.
• Updates aren't instant. Subscribed calendars refresh on the other app's schedule. Microsoft says Outlook checks about every 3 hours, and sometimes takes more than 24. Google is similar. For "who's picking up the kids today?" calendars, a read-only link that lags a few hours may not be good enough. In that case, share a Google calendar from Google instead.

How to share one event instead of a whole calendar

Sometimes you only need to send one dinner, meeting or appointment. Invite people to the event:

1. Tap the event, then tap Edit.
2. Tap Invitees.
3. Enter a name from your contacts or an email address, then tap Done.

Each person gets an invitation by email that works with any calendar app, so this is also the easiest way to send one event to someone on Android. Invitations work from iCloud and Microsoft Exchange calendars, and from some other calendar accounts.

How to see your iPhone calendar on your iPad or Mac

This isn't sharing, it's syncing. If your iPad or Mac is signed in to the same Apple Account and iCloud is turned on for Calendar on each device, your iCloud calendars appear everywhere automatically. Check under Settings → your name → iCloud on each device.

Can you share a calendar you subscribed to?

Not from your iPhone. A calendar you subscribed to, like a school, sports or holiday calendar, belongs to whoever publishes it. To share it, send the other person the original subscription link from the website or email where you first found it. On their iPhone they can tap the link, or go to Calendars → Add Calendar → Add Subscription Calendar and paste it.

Sharing a schedule with a lot of people? Use a subscription calendar

iCloud sharing is built for a handful of people you know. It gets awkward when you're publishing a schedule for a team, a club, a class or your customers:

• You can't see who has subscribed.
• Android users have to find a computer and Google's "From URL" menu.
• Your public link lives inside your personal iCloud account.

That's the job a subscription calendar does. You post one link, and each person subscribes in one tap from Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook, on a phone or a computer. New events show up in their calendar by themselves, and you can see who has subscribed. You can also put the same calendar on your website.

For your partner or your family, stick with iCloud. It's built into your iPhone and does that job well.

Troubleshooting: shared iPhone calendar not working

"Add Person" or "Public Calendar" is missing

The calendar isn't an iCloud calendar. It's a Google, Outlook or on-device calendar. See Before you start above: share it from its own service, or move the events to an iCloud calendar.

The other person never got the invitation

Check the email address you entered. The invitation goes to that address, and they need to accept it while signed in with the Apple Account that uses it. If they use a different email for their Apple Account, invite that one instead.

The shared calendar isn't showing up on their iPhone

They have to accept the invitation first. After that, on their iPhone, check that iCloud is turned on for Calendar (Settings → their name → iCloud), and that the calendar is ticked in their Calendars list.

The shared calendar isn't syncing or updating

For a calendar shared with Add Person, changes normally appear quickly on devices that are online. Open the Calendars list and pull down to refresh. For a public link added to Google or Outlook, delays of several hours are normal (see above).

My Android friend can't edit the calendar

That's expected. Public links are view-only. If you need to edit a calendar together with someone on Android, use a Google calendar that you share from Google Calendar. It shows on iPhone too once you add your Google account.

Frequently asked questions

Can you share an iPhone calendar with an Android user?

Yes, as a read-only link. Turn on Public Calendar for an iCloud calendar, tap Share Link and send it. They add it in Google Calendar on a computer (Other calendars → From URL), and it then appears on their Android phone. They can see your events but can't change them.

Does the other person need an iPhone?

For Add Person, they need an Apple Account, which works on iPhone, iPad, Mac and iCloud.com. For a public link or an event invitation, they don't. Any calendar app works.

Can people I share with edit my events?

People you add with Add Person can, until you turn off Allow Editing for them. People who use your public link can only view.

How do I stop sharing my iPhone calendar?

Tap Calendars, then the Info button next to the calendar. Tap a person's name and tap Delete to remove them, or turn off Public Calendar to disable the link.

Can I share just one event?

Yes. Open the event, tap Edit, tap Invitees, add their name or email and tap Done. They get an invitation by email.

Why don't I see the option to share a calendar?

Sharing only works for iCloud calendars. Google, Outlook and on-device calendars don't show Add Person or Public Calendar on iPhone.