How to Setup a Public Calendar on an iPad or iPhone

Do you find it difficult to plan with friends, family, or coworkers using the iPhone’s built-in calendar app? Many people have faced this situation before. You can easily solve this problem with the Calendar app, which lets you Setup a public Calendar with URLs that can be shared.
It makes sharing photos, movies, meetings, events, and romantic dates very easy. It only requires a few taps. I will teach you how to create a public calendar on your iPhone in this blog. This will make it easier than ever to keep everyone on the same page.

What Does an iPhone Public Calendar Look Like?

Any schedule you create in the PerSchedule app on your iPhone is private by default, meaning only you can see it.

But, as the name suggests, anyone can see a public planner. People can see such a plan, but they cannot change anything in it. Sharing a public calendar is also easy. Yes you are right. All you have to do is send an iCloud link to anyone you create.

This is a useful iPhone Calendar trick. Let’s look at it in more depth.

How to Setup a Public Calendar iPhone or iPad 

You can create a public calendar only from the current one. So, to make an iPhone calendar public, either create a new one or choose an existing one. Next, make it a public calendar.

Note: Publicising only iCloud Calendars is possible.

How to Set Up an iPad or iPhone to Create a New iCloud Calendar

• Open the iPhone Calendar app and tap the Calendars tab near the bottom.
  On iPad, you’ll have to select the Calendar icon at the top left.
• Go to the bottom left and tap “Add Calendar.” Then, choose “Add Calendar.”
• Click on the Colour dropdown and type a name for the calendar.
• Then tap “Done” at the very top.
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Now, to make this or any other existing iCloud Calendar public on the iPhone:

How to Enable Public Access to an iPhone or iPad App

• Click on the Calendars tab at the bottom of the iPhone Calendar app.
  On iPad, you’ll have to select the Calendar icon at the top left.
• Your Calendars will be shown to you.
• Tap the “i” button to the right of the Calendar you want to share with everyone in iCloud.
• Turn on the public calendar.
• Finally, tap “Done” in the upper right corner.

You have successfully made the chosen calendar public. Now you can give other people the iCloud link to it.

How to Get iPad Users to Share a Public Calendar

Using a public plan is easy:

• Select the Calendars tab from the iPhone’s Calendar app.
• iCloud has an area where you can see a list of calendars. The word “Public Calendar” is put under each a public calendar.
• To share the public calendar, tap the red “i” button to the right of it.
• Click on the Share Link.
• You can Copy the link from the Share Sheet and give it to someone else, or you can share the link directly through Messages, AirDrop, or any other method.

It’s pretty simple, right?

In the end

It is easy to set up a Public Calendar on an iPhone. Now you can share your plans and dates with family, friends, or co-workers. But be careful not to share private plans so that fraudsters and threat actors don’t interact. Why are you letting everyone see your calendar? Leave a comment below and let us know.