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Sync Google Calendar

Already keep your life in Google Calendar? Link it to Latte and your Google events flow into the Latte calendar you choose, staying up to date automatically.

Before you start

You'll need a Google account. Syncing is set up from the web or desktop app; once it's running, the synced events appear on every device.

  1. Open Calendar, open your Calendars list, and click the calendar you want your Google events to land in.

  2. Find the Synced to this calendar section. If Google isn't linked yet, click More details and grant Latte access to your Google Calendar.

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    The Synced to this calendar section of a calendar dialog, with the Sync new action once Google is linked

  3. Click Sync new, choose which of your Google calendars to pull in, and confirm.

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    The Sync new dialog listing your Google calendars to choose which ones to pull into Latte

  4. To stop syncing one, click its un-sync icon and confirm. The events imported from it are removed, and you can re-sync later to bring them back.

On the Latte desktop app

Google sync is set up the same way in the desktop app.

Good to know

By default, Google sync runs one way: events flow from Google into Latte, and stay read-only here — you can't edit or delete them in Latte. Change them in Google Calendar and the update flows back in. When a synced event moves, your phone gets a Deadline updated push — mute it under Notification preferences if you'd rather not know.

Turn on 2-way sync​

Each Google row carries a 2-way sync switch — "Also write changes made in Latte back to Google Calendar". Turn it on and changes you make in Latte from that moment flow out to Google as well.

Latte can only do that if you've given Google permission to edit your events, not just read them. If you linked Google before 2-way sync existed, the row shows Reconnect Google to enable 2-way sync instead of the switch: click it, reconnect your Google account, and accept calendar access — "2-way sync needs permission to edit your Google Calendar events." The switch appears once the permission is granted.

Switching it on doesn't push your existing Latte events into Google — only changes made from then on travel outward.