Whether you want to quickly create events or simply organize your personal life better, you’ll find plenty of Chrome extensions for Google Calendar that can help. This guide includes my top tried-and-tested calendar add-ons.
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- 1. Google Calendar Quick Duplicate
- 2. Checker Plus for Google Calendar
- 3. Event Merge for Google Calendar
- 4. Google Calendar Event Checker
- 5. Tags for Google Calendar
- 6. G-calize
- 7. TeamCal
- 8. Zoom Scheduler
1. Google Calendar Quick Duplicate
Price: Free
The Google Calendar Quick Duplicate extension lets you quickly duplicate events by tapping the copy-and-paste icon in Google Calendar. The copied event will appear next to the original one.
After duplicating your event, go into the copied version, and adjust the details. Change the frequency, name, times, and anything else you need as you normally would.
I had to refresh the webpage in my browser before the icon appeared. If you don’t see it right away, try doing the same.
2. Checker Plus for Google Calendar
Price: Free
Checker Plus for Google Calendar is one way to get around the lack of a Windows or macOS Google Calendar app. When you click on this calendar extension in Chrome, you’ll instantly see an overview of all your Google Calendar events.
The extension will also show you a timer counting down the minutes until your next scheduled event. If you use Google Calendar for work, this is great for ensuring that you don’t miss important meetings.
You’ll see a monthly view by default, but you can change this to Agenda, Week, or whatever else is convenient for you.
3. Event Merge for Google Calendar
Price: Free
Because I like keeping my life organized, I’ve created calendars for different aspects of my life in Google Calendar. However, I’ll sometimes have the same event on multiple calendars. Event Merge is, in my opinion, the best plugin to solve this problem.
Event Merge can detect when you have the same event across multiple calendars and combine them. It does this by looking at the duration and name to see if there’s a match.
Once your events have been merged, you’ll see a multicolored event. These colors are based on how you color-coded them.
4. Google Calendar Event Checker
Price: Free
Google Calendar Event Checker is a simple way to mark events based on whether you’re attending. If you aren’t, you can tap the tick emoji to generate a strikethrough.
When you strike through the event, you’ll see the line drawn through the title on your main Google Calendar page. It’ll also appear when you maximize the event window.
If you’re attending with others, they can see when you made changes by going to the box at the bottom of the Event details tab. To reverse your decision, simply tap the tick icon again.
5. Tags for Google Calendar
Price: Free
If you want to categorize your Google Calendar events better, I recommend Tags for Google Calendar. After integrating this plugin, you can add tags by typing the name with a colon. (For example, I wrote “Business: Freelance Work” for this tag.)
Once you’ve added your tag, it will appear with highlighted text in your Google Calendar home feed. It’s one of many effective ways to use Google Calendar for business, and you can also use the plugin to categorize your personal life, too.
You can also use Tags for Google Calendar to identify events that you don’t yet know if you’ll attend. For example, I marked my Tuesday evening “Work on Your Business” event as tentative.
6. G-calize
Price: Free
If you’ve always wanted more customization features in Google Calendar, G-calize is the plugin for you. You can change the background color for each day individually, making it easier to color code your week and create themes where needed. For example, my workouts on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday are all the same color.
Other than changing background colors, you can also change the colors of your text for each day. You can move the sliders however you want, and if you know the RGB numbers, you can type these in.
G-calize also lets you add colored borders to each day if you want to make everything stand out further. It’s a handy alternative to the numerous Google Sheets calendar templates.
7. TeamCal
Price: Free with premium option
Google Calendar has a couple of customization features, but its vertical layout can make it quite difficult to see the upcoming events your team is up to. TeamCal is one workaround. It launches as a standalone app when you download the extension, but all of your changes automatically sync to Google Calendar.
With TeamCal, you can view all of your tasks in a horizontal timeline view. The app lets you choose whether you want to see everything based on the day, week, or month, in addition to several other timing options.
You can add new events within TeamCal and export and share your schedule. If you add new calendars, they’ll appear in a horizontal view above the other ones that you’ve added.
8. Zoom Scheduler
Price: Free with premium option
In addition to the several Zoom keyboard shortcuts, you can use the Zoom Chrome extension to schedule meetings. After downloading the plugin and signing in to your account, you can create new meetings and automatically open Google Calendar to schedule them.
When you finalize your meeting details, you’ll see the Zoom meeting URL in your Google Calendar meeting details. You can also choose whom to invite so that everything is ready.
If you don’t want to show videos in the app, it’s easy to display a profile photo instead of a video in Zoom.
Regardless of why you use Google Calendar, you’ll find plenty of Chrome extensions to optimize your experience. You can customize the interface and combine events, and it’s even possible to add tags for better differentiation. It’s also possible to change your background and font colors. You may want to try one of several Google Calendar alternatives if you’re not happy with your calendar app.
Image credit: Unsplash. All screenshots by Danny Maiorca.
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Danny has written for online audiences for 10+ years. He specializes in Apple products and loves writing on his MacBook, keeping in touch on his iPhone, and measuring his workouts on his Apple Watch. Danny’s work has featured in multiple places online, including MUO, Lifewire, and Guiding Tech. Away from the keyboard, he’s passionate about photography and leading an active lifestyle outdoors.
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