Google is Infiltrating my Calendar

[adamadamadam]

I just noticed that pretty much all of my calendar entries in Calendar have the following text in the notes section of the event:



-::~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~::~:~::-
Please do not edit this section of the description.

This event has a Google Hangouts video call.



Even if I delete the text it comes back. Very strange behaviour...

Anyone with any ideas how to get rid would be very welcome.

Many thanks...

 

[Cinder6]

I don't have a solution for you, but I wanted to say that I'm experiencing the exact same issue. What's worse is, there are no Hangouts events in the calendar at all!

 

[adamadamadam]

Same. I never use Google Hangouts. For further info, I use gmail in case that's the culprit.

 

[Cinder6]

Is the affected calendar a Google calendar?

 

[adamadamadam]

It's on the standard Calendar app on both the Mac and iOS. I have both iCloud and Google calendars and this issue only affecting the Google ones.

 

[adamadamadam]

I think I've solved it! Go to Google's admin settings admin.google.com and under calendars, untick 'Automatically add video calls to events created by a user'. It says it takes up to 24 hours to take affect, so let's see...

 

[Cinder6]

Interesting. I'll have to try that. Thanks.

 

[Cinder6]

Hmm, I wasn't able to find the toggle you mentioned. Are you using G Suite, or a regular Google account?

 

[adamadamadam]

Hi - I use straightforward gmail but as I've got a number of users, I found that I had to be in the admin account to make the changes. But this was a few days ago and I have a brain like a sieve....