topic Re: Changing my default calendar to Google Calendar, instead of Samsung Calendar? in Mobile Apps & Services

Changing my default calendar to Google Calendar, instead of Samsung Calendar?

Mitch15 — Mon, 19 May 2025 12:38:20 GMT

Is it possible to use Google Calendar as my default app rather than the Samsung Calendar?

We have began using a new system at work for Rotas, I can sync from the app to a Calendar, which is great as I have a family calendar that everyone has access to. My only issue is, by default when I sync it defaults to my Samsung Calendar, which in itself it's not a problem. But It creates a new calendar on 'My Phone' not even on the 'cloud' samsung account.

I would like to be able to make it sync to my Google Calendar for symplicity, I have looked for a defualt app setting but I can't see one for the calendar, only launcher, browser, phone... etc

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Re: Changing my default calendar to Google Calendar, instead of Samsung Calend..

Piper123 — Mon, 19 May 2025 12:43:29 GMT

Hey there and welcome to the Samsung UK and EU Community Forum

You can actually have both Samsung and Google running side by side if you wish with Google syncing any or all calendars as you see fit.

Go into Google calendar
Click on 3 lines top left
Input the calendars you want in Google Calendar
Click on sync now

All done

Re: Changing my default calendar to Google Calendar, instead of Samsung Calend..

Mitch15 — Mon, 19 May 2025 12:49:14 GMT

Thanks for the response.

I understand that I can see it within Google Calendar, but I could do with the ability to sync. Or share the ICal with another person. But as it's a 'your phone' calendar I can't find a way to, if there even is a way.

Re: Changing my default calendar to Google Calendar, instead of Samsung Calendar?

AndrewL — Mon, 19 May 2025 14:43:22 GMT

@Mitch15: This is possible from within the Samsung Calendar app that comes preinstalled on Galaxy devices. If you open the Calendar app > Tap the 3 lines in the top left > Scroll to the bottom of the pop-up window > Manage calendars > Tap the '+' symbol in the top right, then you can add your Google account, and sync the calendar from here by registering the relevant Google account (if you haven't do so already in Accounts and backup).

If you check the options, you will see 'Create shared calendar' in the Samsung account section, which you can use to share your calendar and its contents with another person. Let me know if this helps.

Re: Changing my default calendar to Google Calendar, instead of Samsung Calendar?

Mitch15 — Thu, 22 May 2025 10:34:22 GMT

So I can find that option but within the Samsung Calendar app, it comes under a section called 'Your Phone' which I can't see if I can sync it to the Google Calendar, I don't seem to have any other options other than to change the colour of the events on the calendar. I could really do with me changing so that the rotas app syncs with the defualt calendar being Google, over the Samsung one.

So I need to change the default calendar app from Samsung to Google, without giving the option of my rota app to sync with samsung. If I disable the Samsung Calendar app, so it's completely removed then the app still syncs with that one, which is not what I want to be doing.

Re: Changing my default calendar to Google Calendar, instead of Samsung Calendar?

Members_r6HpHdS — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 12:10:58 GMT

Hi, I have noticed a similar behaviour. My understanding is that on Samsung android devices the default calendar is the internal local phone calendar and you cannot change to any of your cloud based calendar.

This is the one you find under 'Your Phone' so even if you remove the samsung calendar app, the phone will always default to that one. It also creates a problem with most of my 3rd party apps that are saving events on the default calendar.

As far as I know you cannot select your default calendar in the settings. This a Samsung issue that they would need to solve. I do not believe the 2 previous answers are actually tackling the issues.

If someone has found a workaround I am interested too.

Re: Changing my default calendar to Google Calendar, instead of Samsung Calend..

BigGooseCheese — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 20:32:06 GMT

I'm also looking for a solution. Having used a google pixel previously I'm incredibly frustrated by the lack of google integration on this samsung phone