How to add your shifts to your calendar app

The shift calendar can download every shift for the next 12 or 24 months as a calendar file (.ics). Calendar apps can import it, so your shifts sit right next to everything else in your life. First, open the calendar, set up your schedule, click Add to calendar and download the file. Then follow the steps for your app.

Google Calendar

1. On a computer, open calendar.google.com. The phone app can't import files, but shifts you import here show up on your phone too.
2. Recommended: make a calendar just for shifts. Next to Other calendars, click + → Create new calendar, name it "Shifts", and click Create calendar.
3. Click the gear icon → Settings → Import & export.
4. Click Select file from your computer and choose the calendar file you downloaded.
5. Under Add to calendar, choose "Shifts", then click Import.

iPhone or iPad

1. Recommended: make a calendar just for shifts. In the Calendar app, tap Calendars → Add Calendar, and name it "Shifts".
2. Open the shift calendar in Safari, tap Add to calendar and download the file.
3. Tap the download, or open it from the Files app in the Downloads folder.
4. Tap Add All, then choose your "Shifts" calendar.

Mac Calendar

1. Open the Calendar app. Optional: choose File → New Calendar and name it "Shifts".
2. Choose File → Import… and pick the downloaded file.
3. Choose the "Shifts" calendar and click OK.

Outlook

1. Open outlook.com (or Outlook on the web) and go to Calendar.
2. Click Add calendar → Upload from file.
3. Choose the downloaded file, pick a calendar and click Import.

Android phones

Most Android phones use Google Calendar. Import on a computer using the Google Calendar steps above, and the shifts will sync to your phone. Some other calendar apps, such as Samsung Calendar, can also open a .ics file directly: try tapping the file in your downloads.

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