If your iCloud Contacts, Calendars, or Reminders won't sync

Learn what to do if you need help. For instance, the changes that y'all fabricated on ane device didn't appear on all of your devices.

Things to check start

Check if you even so need assist later on each of the steps below.

  1. Bank check the system condition of iCloud Contacts, Calendars, and Reminders.
  2. If a reminder isn't showing up on some devices, make sure that you're running the latest iOS, iPadOS, or macOS on each device. Upgraded reminders and shared reminders in iOS 13 or later or macOS Catalina or afterward aren't compatible with earlier versions of iOS or macOS. Learn more than.
  3. Make certain that the date and time settings on your iPhone, iPad, iPod bear upon, Mac, or PC are correct.
  4. Make sure that yous're signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID on all of your devices. Then, cheque that you turned on Contacts, Calendars, and Reminders* in your iCloud settings.
  5. Check your Internet connection. Open Safari and go to world wide web.apple.com. If y'all can't open the folio, acquire what to do.
  6. Check that you tin admission secure websites. Open up Safari and go to your Apple ID account folio. If the website won't open, contact your Internet service provider for help.
  7. Make sure that you haven't exceeded your iCloud storage limit or the storage limits for iCloud Contacts, Calendars, and Reminders.

* On a PC with Outlook 2022 or subsequently, Reminders are called Tasks.

Try the steps for your device

If you still need assist, try the steps for your device below.

iOS 13 and iPadOS or later

Later on each footstep, check your contacts, calendars, or reminders.

Refresh your contacts and calendars

To refresh your contacts, open up Contacts and swipe downwards on the listing. To refresh your contact groups, tap Groups in the upper-left corner, so swipe downward on the list.

To refresh your calendars:

  1. Open up the Calendar app.
  2. Tap the Calendars tab.
  3. Swipe downward on the list to refresh your events.

Bank check your app settings

  1. Make certain yous turned on Contacts, Calendars, and Reminders on your device.
  2. If you use multiple groups or accounts in the Contacts or Calendars app, make sure your iCloud Contacts and Calendars are set to announced:
    • Open the Contacts app and tap Groups in the upper-left corner. Brand sure that All iCloud is selected.
    • Open the Agenda app and tap the Calendars tab. Make sure that all iCloud calendars are selected.
  3. Alter how oft your calendars update:
    1. Tap Settings, then Calendar.
    2. Tap Sync.
    3. If All Events is selected, choose a specific timeframe instead, like Events ane Month Dorsum. If a specific timeframe is selected, choose All Events instead.
    4. Return to your Home screen.
    5. Wait a few minutes, then open the Agenda app. Tap the Calendars tab, and swipe down to refresh.

Since the iCloud Birthdays agenda updates daily, you lot might not see changes to birthdays in the Calendars app until the next 24-hour interval.

Set iCloud Contacts, Calendars, or Reminders as your default

If your contacts, calendars, and reminders are in iCloud, then iCloud automatically updates your data. If your data is in a third-party account, like Google or Yahoo, you can change your default business relationship to iCloud. Changing your default account to iCloud won't motion your existing information from a third-party service to iCloud.

Contacts

To see which account your contacts are in:

  1. Open the Contacts app and tap Groups in the upper-left corner.
  2. Deselect the All [business relationship] option for any third-party account, similar Gmail or Yahoo.
  3. Make sure All iCloud is selected.
  4. Tap Done to come across your list of contacts. If you don't see the contact yous're looking for, it's stored in another account.
  5. If you have a copy of your contacts from a third-party service in vCard format version 3.0 or later, yous can import the contacts into iCloud.

Gear up iCloud as the default business relationship for your contacts:

  1. Tap Settings, and so Contacts.
  2. Tap Default Business relationship.
  3. Select iCloud.

Calendars and Reminders

To see which account your calendars are in, open the Calendar app, then tap the Calendars tab.

Set an iCloud calendar as the default calendar:

  1. Tap Settings, then Calendar.
  2. Tap Default Calendar.
  3. Tap a calendar under iCloud to make information technology your default.

Ready an iCloud reminders listing as the default list:

  1. Tap Settings, then Reminders.
  2. Tap Default List.
  3. Tap a listing under iCloud to make it your default.

Restart the Contacts, Calendar, or Reminders app

  1. Close the app.
  2. Return to your Domicile screen.
  3. Wait a minute, so open up the app again.

Turn off iCloud Contacts, Calendar, or Reminders and plough it back on

  1. Tap Settings > [your name] > iCloud.
  2. Slide to turn off Contacts, Calendars, and Reminders.*
  3. If y'all meet your calendars or reminders on iCloud.com or any of your devices, y'all can choose Delete from My [device]. If not, cull Keep on My [device].
  4. Look a few minutes, and so plough on Contacts, Agenda, or Reminders again.

* Local reminders will be deleted from your device, but your data won't be deleted from iCloud. In one case you lot turn Reminders back on, your reminders will be re-synced to your device.

Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

iOS 12

After each step, bank check your contacts, calendars, or reminders.

Refresh your contacts, calendars, and reminders

To refresh your contacts, open up Contacts and swipe downwardly on the list. To refresh your contact groups, tap Groups in the upper-left corner, then swipe downwards on the listing.

To refresh your calendars and reminders:

  1. Open the Agenda app.
  2. Tap the Calendars tab.
  3. Swipe down on the list to refresh your events and reminders.

Check your app settings

  1. Make certain y'all turned on Contacts, Calendars, and Reminders on your device.
  2. If you use multiple groups or accounts in the Contacts or Calendars app, make sure that your iCloud Contacts and Calendars are set up to appear:
    • Open up the Contacts app and tap Groups in the upper-left corner. Make sure that All iCloud is selected.
    • Open the Agenda app and tap the Calendars tab. Make sure that All iCloud is selected.
  3. Change how frequently your calendars and reminders update:
    1. Tap Settings > Agenda, or tap Settings > Reminders.
    2. Tap Sync.
    3. If All Events or All Reminders is selected, choose a specific timeframe instead, similar Events or Reminders 1 Month Back. If a specific timeframe is selected, cull All Events or All Reminders instead.
    4. Press the Dwelling button.
    5. Wait a few minutes. Open the Calendar app, tap the Calendars tab, and swipe downwardly to refresh.

Since the iCloud Birthdays calendar updates daily, you might not see changes to birthdays in the Calendars app until the next mean solar day.

Set iCloud Contacts, Calendars, or Reminders as your default

If your contacts, calendars, and reminders are in iCloud, then iCloud automatically updates your data. See if your information is in iCloud or a third-party account, similar Google or Yahoo. Then change your default account to iCloud.

Contacts

See which account your contacts are in:

  1. Open up the Contacts app and tap Groups in the upper-left corner.
  2. Deselect the All [account] choice for whatsoever 3rd-party account, like Gmail or Yahoo.
  3. Brand sure All iCloud is selected.
  4. Tap Done to run across your list of contacts. If yous don't meet the contact y'all're looking for, it'south stored in another account.
  5. You can import the contact from a third-party service into iCloud.

Fix iCloud every bit the default account for your contacts:

  1. Tap Settings > Contacts.
  2. Tap Default Account.
  3. Select iCloud.

Calendars and Reminders

Come across which account your calendars are in:

  1. Open the Calendar app.
  2. Tap an event to open up information technology.
  3. Tap the agenda proper noun to meet if the event is in an iCloud calendar.

Ready an iCloud calendar as the default calendar:

  1. Tap Settings > Calendar.
  2. Tap Default Calendar.
  3. Tap a calendar under iCloud to make it your default.

See which account your reminders are in:

  1. Open the Reminders app.
  2. Tap the list name in the upper-left corner to view all your lists.
  3. See if the list is stored on your device or iCloud. Open a list and tap Edit. If you see Sharing, and so your list is in iCloud.

When you lot create a reminder, you tin choose to shop it in iCloud or on your iOS device.

Restart the Contacts, Calendar, or Reminders app

  1. Double-click the Home push button to see your open apps.
  2. Find the app, then swipe upwardly to shut it.
  3. Printing the Home push button to return to your Home screen.
  4. Wait a minute, then open the app again.

Plough off iCloud Contacts, Calendar, or Reminders and plow it back on

  1. Tap Settings > [your name] > iCloud.
  2. Slide to turn off Contacts, Calendars, and Reminders.*
  3. If you run into your calendars or reminders on iCloud.com or any of your devices, you can cull Delete from My [device]. If non, choose Keep on My [device].
  4. Expect a few minutes, then turn on Contacts, Agenda, or Reminders again.

* Local reminders volition be deleted from your device, just your information won't be deleted from iCloud. One time you plough Reminders back on, your reminders will be re-synced to your device.

Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Force sync Calendar information on Apple Lookout

To force sync Calendar information on your Apple Watch:

  1. Open the Lookout app on your iPhone and tap the My Lookout tab.
  2. Tap General, and then tap Reset.
  3. Tap Reset Sync Information.

If a family member ready your Apple Watch for you, y'all can't force sync Calendar information.

macOS

After each step, check your contacts, calendars, or reminders.

Refresh your calendars and reminders

Yous can refresh your calendars from the Calendars app:

  1. Open the Calendar app.
  2. Cull View.
  3. Refresh Calendars.

Since the iCloud Birthdays agenda updates hourly, you might not see changes to birthdays in the Contacts or Calendars app for an hour.

To refresh your reminders, quit the Reminders app and and then open it again.

Bank check your default Agenda, Reminders, and Contacts account

If you lot shop and edit your events in iCloud instead of another place, like On My Mac, Exchange, or Google, then iCloud automatically updates your calendars. If you utilise multiple accounts on your Mac like iCloud, Gmail, and Yahoo, make sure that iCloud is your default Agenda account:

  1. Open the Agenda app.
  2. Cull Calendar > Preferences.
  3. In the General tab, brand sure that one of your iCloud calendars is the default.

If y'all store and edit your contacts in iCloud instead of another identify, like On My Mac, Exchange, or Google, then iCloud automatically updates your contacts. If y'all use multiple accounts on your Mac like iCloud, Gmail, and Yahoo, make certain that iCloud is your default Contacts account:

  1. Open up the Contacts app.
  2. Cull Contacts > Accounts.
  3. Click the iCloud tab and brand sure that you're signed in with your Apple tree ID.

As long as you've turned on Reminders in Organisation Preferences, y'all see your iCloud reminders on your Mac.

Plow off iCloud Calendar and iCloud Reminders, and then plough it back on

  1. Quit the Calendar and Reminders apps.
  2. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, click Apple ID, then click iCloud. If you're using macOS Mojave or before, choose Apple carte  > Organisation Preferences, then click iCloud.
  3. Deselect Calendars and Reminders.*
  4. Close Organization Preferences and expect nigh a infinitesimal.
  5. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, click Apple tree ID, then click iCloud. If y'all're using macOS Mojave or earlier, cull Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
  6. Select Calendars and Reminders.
  7. Open Calendar and Reminders.

* Local reminders will be deleted from your device, but your information won't exist deleted from iCloud. Once you turn Reminders dorsum on, your reminders will exist re-synced to your device.

Restart your computer

After you restart your computer, see if you stock-still the issue.

iCloud.com

If you don't meet all your updates or take some other issue, effort these steps on iCloud.com:

  1. Update your browser and articulate the cache.
  2. If you don't run into updates from other devices, open up some other app on iCloud.com, like Mail. And then go back to the Contacts, Calendar, or Reminders app.
  3. Sign out of iCloud.com, then sign dorsum in.
  4. Clear your browsing history. Choose History > Clear History.

Since the iCloud Birthdays agenda updates daily, you might not encounter changes to birthdays in the Calendars app until the side by side 24-hour interval.

If you go a spam iCloud Calendar request

If you get a agenda asking that you lot retrieve might exist spam or junk, let us know. Sign in to iCloud.com with your Apple ID and go to the Calendar app. Open the outcome that y'all wish to mark every bit Junk, click Report Junk, then click OK. We'll automatically delete the effect from your Calendar on all your devices signed in with the same Apple ID.

You can also go to the invitation from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac and cull Report Junk > Delete and Report Junk.

Microsoft Windows

After each step, check your contacts, calendars, or reminders.

Reminders are chosen Tasks in iCloud for Windows.

Refresh Outlook

Click RefreshRefresh icon in Outlook.

Turn off iCloud Contacts, Agenda, and Tasks, then plough it back on

  1. Open iCloud for Windows.
  2. Deselect Postal service, Contacts, Calendars and Tasks, and then click Utilize.
  3. Expect a few seconds, select Mail service, Contacts, Calendars & Tasks, so click Apply.
  4. Open Outlook.

Make sure the iCloud Outlook Add-in is active

In Outlook 2010 and subsequently:

  1. Click the File menu.
  2. Click Options in the left panel.
  3. Click Add-Ins in the left panel of the Outlook Options window.
  4. Expect at the list of add together-ins in the Active Application Add together-Ins section.
  5. Select the iCloud Outlook Add-in.

Learn how to manage Add-ins with Microsoft Outlook.

Check your default account in Outlook

In Outlook 2010 and later:

  1. Click the File menu.
  2. Select Info > Account Settings > Data Files.
  3. If iCloud is the default account in the Comments column, select a dissimilar business relationship, and click Set as Default.

Restart your computer

After you restart your figurer, see if you stock-still the issue.

If you still demand aid

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