Can’t Delete Calendar Events in Outlook: How to Fix It

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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The Calendar feature is a very useful option in Outlook; to help you keep reminders of important events. However, you’d often need to delete such events from your calendar. If you can’t delete calendar events in Outlook, this article will help you resolve such errors.

Why can’t I delete calendar events in Outlook?

Here are a couple of reasons why you can’t delete calendar events in Outlook:

If a deleted calendar event keeps returning to Outlook we invite you to apply the solutions below to fix the problem.

What can I do if I can’t delete calendar events in Outlook?

Before we move on to more advanced solutions, here are a couple of quick fixes you can attempt:

If those quick fixes couldn’t resolve the error, here are a couple of advanced troubleshooting techniques you can attempt.

1. Use the Outlook web version

Using the Outlook web version is one of the easiest ways to fix the inability to delete calendar events in Outlook.

Now, when you open Outlook on another device, the information should have been synced and you shouldn’t see that event anymore.

If interested, know the ways to add thecreation date column to your calendar listview in Outlook.

2. Reset the Calendar App

Once you complete the steps, the Mail and Calendar applications will revert to their default state, deleting all data stored locally on the computer.

You’ll have to reconfigure Outlook when you next launch the application.

3. Run Outlook commands

After running either of these switches, relaunch Outlook, and then try to delete the calendar event again. For more information about these types of switches, seeMicrosoft’s documentation of Outlook command line switches for Windows.

If an Outlook delegate cannot delete calendar items, it has insufficient permissions. The admin must assign the delegate with at least Author permissions on the Deleted Items folder from Outlook.

We believe our guide should help you resolve the error, but if you’ve got other solutions to resolve this error, do let us know in the comments.

Can’t Delete Calendar Events in Outlook: How to Fix It#

Why can’t I delete calendar events in Outlook?#

What can I do if I can’t delete calendar events in Outlook?#

1. Use the Outlook web version#

2. Reset the Calendar App#

3. Run Outlook commands#