How to Delete Multiple Events in Google Calendar (Recurring & Non-Recurring)

Learning how to delete multiple events at once in Google Calendar is especially useful when plans change, a recurring meeting is canceled, or your calendar needs cleanup.

The exact steps depend on what type of events you’re trying to remove. Google Calendar handles recurring events very differently from one-off (single instance) events.

This guide walks through every realistic option — including what Google Calendar can do easily, what it cannot do at all, and the fastest workarounds that actually work.

Delete multiple recurring events at once (the easy case)

If the events you want to delete are part of a recurring series, Google Calendar makes this simple.

1. In Google Calendar, click on any event in the recurring series.
2. Click the trash can icon.
3. Choose one of the following options:
   1. This event — deletes only the selected occurrence.
   2. This and following events — deletes the selected event and all future ones.
   3. All events — deletes the entire recurring series (past and future).

This is the only true bulk deletion feature Google Calendar offers natively.

Delete multiple single-instance events (what Google Calendar does NOT support)

If your events are not recurring, Google Calendar does not provide a built-in way to select and delete multiple events at once.

This limitation surprises many users — and many articles online incorrectly claim bulk deletion is possible. It isn’t.

That said, there are still ways to make the process faster and less painful.

Method 1: Use Schedule view + search (fastest built-in option)

Switching to Schedule view allows you to see more events at once, and combining it with search helps isolate exactly what you want to remove.

1. In Google Calendar, click the view selector in the top-right corner.
2. Select Schedule view.
3. Click the magnifying glass icon and search by event name or keyword.
4. Open each matching event and click the trash can to delete it.

This doesn’t enable true bulk deletion, but it significantly reduces scrolling and guesswork.

Method 2: Export your calendar and clean it elsewhere (advanced workaround)

If you need to remove a large number of non-recurring events, exporting your calendar may be worth the effort.

1. Click the gear icon in Google Calendar and choose Settings.
2. Select Import & export from the left sidebar.
3. Click Export to download your calendars as an .ics file.
4. Import the file into another calendar application that supports bulk editing.
5. Delete the unwanted events.
6. Export the cleaned calendar and re-import it into Google Calendar.
7. Delete the original calendar to avoid duplicates (only after verifying the new one).

This approach is more technical, but it’s the only way to truly remove many one-off events at once.

Important limitations to understand

• Google Calendar only supports bulk deletion for recurring events.
• There is no multi-select delete for single events.
• Third-party tools often rely on export/import behind the scenes.

If Google adds true bulk deletion for single events in the future, this article will be updated — but as of now, these are the only reliable options.

The video at the top of this page shows the most current Google Calendar interface. For historical reference, here is the original version of this tutorial: