Create Group Calendar

Steps to Create a Group Calendar

1. Login to Zoho Calendar.
   
2. Click on the '+' icon next to Group Calendars.
   
   
3. Enter a name for the Group Calendar.
   
   
4. To pick the Calendar color, select the color displayed next to the calendar name. The Calendar color palette opens.
   
   
5. Select your Calendar color. You can also use the color picker slide to pick your custom color.
   
   
6. Choose your text color from black and white, and click Done.
   
7. To add members to the group calendar, enter the name or email address of each member.
   
   
8. You can add a short description to the calendar in the Description field.
   
   
9. Click on Save to add the group calendar.
   

You need to add at least one group member while creating a group calendar.

Edit Group Calendar

Steps to Edit a Group Calendar

1. Login to Zoho Calendar.
   
2. Right click the group calendar you want to edit or click the More options icon by hovering over the group calendar from the left pane of the screen.
   
   
3. Select the Edit option.
   
4. In the Edit Calendar window, edit your group calendar name, reminder, and description.
   
5. To edit the Calendar Color and Text Color, click on the color next to the Calendar name to open the color palette window.
   
   
6. Select the Calendar Color and Text Color. You can also select a custom color for your calendar from the color picker. Click Done.
   
7. All changes made to the calendar will be auto-saved.
   

Add members to Group Calendar

Steps to Add Members to a Group Calendar

1. Login to Zoho Calendar.
   
2. Right click or hover over the group calendar to which you want to add members from the left pane and select the Manage Group option (or) Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendars > Group Calendars and click on Manage next to the group calendar.
   
   
3. Navigate to Members and enter the name or email address of the member to be added.
   
   
4. Click on the + icon next to the member in the list to add.
   
   
5. The member will be added to the group calendar.
   
   

Share Group Calendar

Steps to Share a Group Calendar

1. Login to Zoho Calendar.
   
2. Right click the group calendar you want to edit or click the More options icon by hovering over the group calendar and click Edit from the left pane of the screen.
   
   
3. Select Enable public access option in the Edit Group Calendar tab.
   
   
4. Select if you want to Show only Free/Busy information or allow users to View Event Details of the group calendar.
   
   
5. You can share the group calendar as a public calendar using the Calendar iCal or HTML URL in the Calendar URL section. Click the iCal or HTML button and copy the address of the calendar using the Copy URL button.
   
   

Delete Group Calendar

Steps to Delete a Group Calendar

1. Login to Zoho Calendar.
   
2. Go to Settings  > Calendar >  Calendars >  Group Calendars and hover over the group calendar you want to delete.
   
   
3. Click on the Delete icon next to the group calendar.
   
4. You will be prompted to confirm deleting the group calendar, click Ok to complete the process and your calendar will be removed.
   
   

Show/ Hide Group Calendar

Steps to show/ hide group calendar

1. Login to Zoho Calendar.
   
2. Hover over the calendars under Group Calendars on the left pane and click on the Hide icon.
   
   
3. You can also show/ hide a group calendar by going to Settings > Calendar > Calendars > Group Calendars and turning on/off the button in front of the calendar.
   
   

Enable/Disable Group Calendar

Steps to enable/disable group calendar

2. Uncheck the check box in front of the Group Calendar you want to disable or check the check box in front of the Group Calendar you want to enable.

Rearrange Group Calendar list

Steps to Rearrange the Group Calendar List

1. Login to Zoho Calendar.
   
2. Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendars > Group Calendar.
   
   
3. Click on the rearrange icon in front of the Group Calendar you want to move.
   
4. Hold and drag the calendar to the required position.
   
5. The calendar list order will be changed accordingly and will be reflected on the left pane.
   

Unsubscribe Group Calendar

Steps to unsubscribe to a group calendar

1. Login to Zoho Calendar.
   
2. Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendars > Group Calendars and click on Unsubscribe next to the group calendar.
   
   

Add Subscribed Calendars to the Group Calendar

Steps to add a Subscribed Calendar to the Group Calendar

1. Login to Zoho Calendar.
   
2. Right click on the particular group calendar from the left pane of the window and select Manage Group (or) Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendars > Group Calendars and click on Manage next to the group calendar.
   
   
3. Navigate to the Subscribed by Group tab. 
   
   
4. Enter the iCal URL of the public calendar that you want to add to your group calendar and click on Subscribe. 
   
5. The calendar will be subscribed and added to your Group Calendar.
   

Subscribe to calendars shared with the Group Calendar

Steps to Subscribe to Calendars Shared with the Group Calendar

1. Login to Zoho Calendar.
   
2. Right click on the group calendar that you want from the left pane of the calendar window and select Manage group from the options (or) Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendars > Group Calendars and click on Manage next to the group calendar.
   
   
3. Navigate to Shared with Group to view the list of calendars shared with the group.
   
4. Click on Subscribe next to the shared calendar to add to Zoho Calendar.
   

Subscribe to calendars in Group Calendar

Steps to subscribe to calendars in a group calendar

1. Login to Zoho Calendar.
   
2. Right click on the group calendar that you want from the left pane of the calendar window and select Manage group from the options (or) Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendars > Group Calendars and click on Manage next to the group calendar.
   
   
3. Navigate to Subscribed by Group to view a list of the calendars available and click on the Subscribe button to add the calendar to your subscribed list and Unsubscribe button to remove from the subscribed list.
   
   
   
   

Admin Settings in Group Calendar

Admin Settings for Personal Groups

1. Login to Zoho Calendar.
   
2. Go to Settings >  Calendar > Calendars > Group Calendars and click Manage next to the calendar you want to access.
   
3. Navigate to the Admin Settings tab and select the desired permissions for the group members.
   

These restrictions are applied only to the members and not to owners/ moderators of the group.

Admin Settings for Organization Groups

1. Login to Zoho Calendar.
   
2. Go to Settings >  Calendar > Calendars > Group Calendars and click Manage next to the calendar you want to access.
   
3. Navigate to the Admin Settings tab and select the desired permissions for the group members.
   

Group Moderation

Steps to approve/ reject calendars or events added to the Group Calendar

1. Login to Zoho Calendar.
   
2. Right click on the group calendar from the left pane and click on Manage or Navigate to  Settings >  Calendar > Calendars > Group Calendars and click Manage next to the calendar you want to access.
   
3. Go to Admin Settings.
   
4. In the Calendar tab, you can find the calendars that are shared by the members to the group calendar. You can approve or reject the calendars.
   
5. In the Events tab, you can find the events that are added to the group calendar by the members of the group. You can choose to approve or reject the events.
   

1. On approving a shared calendar, a notification will be sent to the members of the group about the calendar sharing. All the members of the group can subscribe to this calendar. 
   
2. On approving/rejecting an event added to the calendar, a notification will be sent to the event organizer about the action. 
   

View Group Members

Steps to view the group members

1. Login to Zoho Calendar.
   
2. Right click the group calendar from the left pane of the calendar window and click on Manage Group or Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendars > Group Calendars and click on Manage.
   
3. Navigate to Members tab to view the list of all the group members.
   
   
4. You can use the Search tab in the window to search for particular members in the group.

Make a Member as Group Moderator

Steps to make a member as group moderator

1. Login to Zoho Calendar.
   
2. Right click the group calendar from the left pane of the calendar window and click on Manage Group or Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendars > Group Calendars and click on Manage.
   
3. Navigate to Members tab to view the list of all the group members.
   
4. Hover over the group member you want to assign as the moderator, click on the more icon next to the member and choose the Make moderator option.
   
   

Remove Members from Group Calendar

Steps to remove a member from group calendar

1. Login to Zoho Calendar.
   
2. Right click the group calendar from the left pane of the calendar window and click on Manage Group or Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendars > Group Calendars and click on Manage.
   
3. Navigate to Members tab to view the list of all the group members.
   
4. Hover over the group member you want to remove from the group, click on the more icon next to the member and choose the Remove from Group option.