Imagine finding an upcoming event in the Google Calendar app that you don’t have any recollection of. That appears to be happening to users over the last day or so. The app is using random Gmail messages that have no connection to any plans or appointments that you have to create these fake events in the calendar app. It seems that random Gmail messages containing dates are the ones causing the problems.
To disable this feature from the Google Calendar website, open the site and tap on the settings gear icon on the upper right side of the screen. Tap on Settingsand scroll down to Events from Gmail.Click on the checkbox to remove the checkmark from the setting that reads, Show events automatically created by Gmail in my calendar.
While doing this will stop you from having calendar events created from random Gmail messages, it will also stop you from having genuine calendar events created from Gmail sent to you. On the other hand, if you enjoy having flight information, Hotel and restaurant reservations, and ticketed events like movies and concerts sent to your Gmail account automatically added to your Google Calendar app, and you can deal with the bogus calendar listings, just leave everything the way it is.
Keep in mind that not every Google Calendar user is experiencing this issue. A quick look through this writer’s Google Calendar app doesn’t show any strangely named events based on random Gmail messages.
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