When you are given access to a shared calendar in Google you may want to set specific alerts and notifications, so you know when things are added to the calendar or when an event changes.

You can get event notifications in an email or through a Desktop notification.


You can change notification preferences for ALL your events on Google Calendar.


  1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
  2. In the top right, click Settings and then Settings.
  3. On the left, under “General,” click Notification settings.
  4. Under “Notification settings,” you can:
  5. Turn notifications on or off: Click the Notifications drop-down and select how you want to receive notifications.
  6. Adjust the timing of snoozed notifications: Turn on “Desktop notifications,” then click Show snoozed notifications and customize your timing.
  7. Only get notifications if you respond “Yes” or “Maybe” to an event: Click the box next to "Notify me only if I have responded Yes or Maybe."
  8. Important: Snoozed notifications only appear in a Google Chrome browser. If you have multiple notification alert times for the same event, Snooze will only appear on the last notification.


For single events

  1. Open Google Calendar. 
  2. Click the event and then Edit event Edit event.
  3. Next to Notifications "": 
  4. To edit your notifications: Choose if you want to receive a notification or an email. You can change how often you want to get alerts in advance.
  5. To add another type of notification: Click Add notification.
  6. To remove a notification: Click Remove Remove.
  7. At the top of the page, click Save.
  8. Tip: You can choose to be notified by email, desktop alert, or both. Changes you make don't affect anyone else who's invited to the event.


For specific calendars like MSA Internal

You can change notification preferences for specific calendars you have access to.


  1. Open Google Calendar. 
  2. On the left column locate the calendar you want to add notifications to.
  3. Hover over this calendar and when you see the three vertical dots click on them.
  4. Select "Settings and sharing" from the drop-down menu.
  5. Under "Other notifications" you see several notification options.  For each option, select your notification setting
  6. To edit your notifications: Choose if you want no notification or an email.

The most common notification emails would be for New events, Changed events and Canceled events.