Regardless of what has been going on with Facebook, it remains the most popular social media platform. So many of us take advantage of being able to stay connected with long-lost friends and more.
Unfortunately, Apple removed the ability to keep your Facebook events synced easily way back in iOS 11 and that continues to the current iOS and iPadOS versions. This can lead to a lot of frustration, depending on how much you rely on Facebook.
Add Facebook Events to iPhone, iPad, and iPod using the Facebook App
Open the Facebook app
Tap the menu button (three horizontal lines) from the bottom tab options
Choose Events
Tap on an event to open it
Tap on the More menu button (three dots)
Choose Export to Calendar
Tap OK at pop-up message to add to your Calendar
Repeat for any additional events you want to add to your iPhone or iPad’s calendar
Add Facebook Events to iPhone, iPad, and iPod using Facebook’s Website and Safari (or another browser) in Desktop Mode
Using Facebook’s website (in desktop mode) works best on iPad’s due to their larger screens. For iPhones and iPods, using desktop mode is spotty at best–some users have success with this method while it doesn’t work at all for others. But it never hurts to try!
It’s critical that you open Facebook using Safari or any other browser in desktop mode, not via the Facebook app
Open a new window in Safari or another browser (Chrome, Firefox, and so forth)
Scroll down and select either Google Calendar or Apple Calendar
If you have your Google Calendar synced on your iPhone, you’ll want to choose the former. While if you use Apple’s Calendar, you’ll obviously want to chase the latter.
From there you will want to select either Upcoming Events or Birthdays. This opens the Calendar app on your Mac, giving you a specific URL.
When adding this URL, your events will then be synced with your calendar of choice. The best part is that you don’t have to worry about following this process on a regular basis.
Whenever a new event is added to your Facebook calendar, it will be automatically added to your Apple or Google Calendar. This obviously makes life much easier, while also ensuring that you don’t miss out on anything.
It’s important to note that if you need to respond to an event, you will still need to use Facebook. It seems there is no easy way to respond to events using the Apple Calendar app.
If you run into any issues, sound off in the comments below and let us know. We’ll be sure to answer any questions that may arise during the process.
Reader Tips
Use a computer or iPad with iPadOS, right-click (or press and hold) the URL link from the desktop version of Facebook’s event page to copy it
Then go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts > Subscribed Calendars
Then, paste in that Facebook event URL link
Type in your Facebook login credentials and save
To export all upcoming events or birthdays at once
Click Events on the left side of your Facebook’s homepage
On the bottom right side, below Find Events, tap Upcoming Events to export all upcoming events
Tap Birthdays to export all upcoming birthdays
To export an individual upcoming event
Go to the event you’d like to export and tap > Export Event
Select whether to save the event to your computer or send it in an email
Click Export
On a computer (mine’s a laptop, not a Mac), I went to Facebook events and right clicked the upcoming events link and copied the link
I then opened my Gmail on my computer and emailed myself that link
Then opened Gmail on my phone and coped the link
Then go to settings, and search for adding a subscribed email. Paste the link there and it should work.
You can check by going to the iOS calendar, clicking calendars at the bottom and see the new calendar under Subscribed. Also, make sure that the calendar is clicked on whatever other calendars you are using
Download all your upcoming Facebook events and add them to your Apple Calendar by following these directions from Facebook Support–this works on iPad and Mac/Windows. Does not appear on the iPhone or iPod
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Hello! My iCalender registers events from Facebook, but if I say no to an event, it doesn’t stay updated – so it seems like it isn’t properly synched. What to do?
I FINALLY got it to re-sync by right-clicking the URL link from the desktop FB event page to copy it.
Then I went to Settings on both my phone and iPad and went to Passwords and Accounts–Subscribed Calendars, and I pasted that new URL link over the old FB event calendar link.
And put in my FB login info, which wasn’t there before, and pressed Save.
Then it worked.
I was previously subscribed to FB events but it stopped working around the beginning of 2020.
I had to do this separately to iPhone, iPad, and then computer iCal. Frustrating to say the least.
This worked for me also! Something happened into 2020 to change the url (after the word key in the url). Finally events are syncing. Thank you for figuring this out!!!
If you go on a desktop go to the events and right click on the upcoming events hyperlink. Choose copy link address. Go to your messenger and paste that in a message to yourself. Open that message on your phone messenger and it pops right up to add all of those to your calendar. That is the only way I got it to work.
Yes, we’ve also been having mixed results with getting Facebook events using Desktop Mode–sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t!
Try this process using the Facebook App:
1. Open Facebook
2. Tap the menu button (three horizontal lines) from the bottom tab options
3. Choose Events
4. Tap on an event to open it
5. Tap on the additional menu button (three dots)
6. Choose Export to Calendar
7. Tap OK at pop-up message to add to your Calendar
8. Repeat for any additional events you want to add to your iPhone or iPad’s calendar
To access desktop version on my iPhone and iPad, well actually I couldn’t do it from iPhone but I COULD on iPad, by clicking either little export arrow OR the 3 dots on the lower right corner and finding the option to open in the Desktop site.
The iPad desktop site let me copy the URL link; I couldn’t find it on phone.
Tip: Hold your finger on the link and don’t let go, this is the same as right-clicking, and you’ll see an option pop up to copy it.
Then I was able to message URL to myself to do the same following steps on the iPhone.
Anyway, then I went to Settings > Passwords & Accounts and choose Subscribed Calendars for Facebook Events and paste the updated link over the older link.
I was previously subscribed to FB events.
I also added my FB login and password info, as they were not filled in.
I did the same process on my phone. Both now seem to be syncing.
To export upcoming events, try the following using the Facebook App on your iPhone or iPad:
1. Open Facebook
2. Tap the menu button (three horizontal lines) from the bottom tab options
3. Choose Events
4. Tap on an event to open it
5. Tap on the additional menu button (three dots)
6. Choose Export to Calendar
7. Tap OK at pop-up message to add to your Calendar
8. Repeat for any additional events you want to add to your iPhone or iPad’s calendar
We can’t figure out a way to get all events exported to your iPhone’s calendar using the Facebook App but it does work when using Facebook on Safari or another browser in Desktop Mode.
Here’s how I got mine to work…
1. On a computer (mine’s a laptop not a Mac), I went to Facebook events and right clicked the upcoming events link and copied the link.
2. I then opened my gmail on my computer and emailed myself that link.
3. Then opened gmail on my phone and coped the link.
4. Then go to settings, and searched for add a subscribed email. Paste the link there and it should work.
5. You can check by going to the iOS calendar, clicking calendars at the bottom and see the new calendar under subscribed. Also make sure that calendar is clicked on whatever other calendar you are using (I use miCal)
Done!
It isn’t working. The link to add events to my iPhone calendar is just not there. I followed the directions exactly, and tried four times! I got the desktop site, but there was no link.
I’ve tried this method, but I’m actually missing that entire box. Under the upcoming birthdays there’s just a box with language options. Any suggestions? I’ve tested it on both Chrome and Safari on my Mac.
We’ve heard from Facebook users that this box sometimes appears and other times, it goes away–without any rhyme or reason.
We’re still waiting for an official response from Facebook Support. In the meantime, consider adding your user experience and voice into the issue by contacting facebook support and reporting this as a problem.
To report that something that isn’t working (i.e. adding calendar events)
Tap More the menu icon, scroll to the bottom and select Report a Problem > Something Isn’t Working
We added some additional images which we hope help clarify how to add Facebook events to your iPhone’s Calendar App.
Once you land on the facebook events page, scroll the page all the way up so you see the top menu bar in, then look towards the bottom of your screen for the share button–and tap it.
I synced my calendars awhile ago and everything was fine.
Now I’m noticing new Facebook events aren’t syncing. I’ve tried to redo the steps and it says I already have the calendar installed. I have it marked to be visible in my calendar view.
I’m not sure what has changed.
One hanger I’ve made was I did have my calendar using iCloud and took it off bc other web events were dropping off as long as I had iCloud turned on. I recently turned iCloud back on. I’m not sure if this has any bearing?
Gavin Anderson says
What an enormous pain in the backside. Thanks a bunch Facebook and Apple! Can’t you just play nice with each other???
Benedikte says
Hi
I have now tried this a couple of times (if not 10 times) and I cannot get it to work 🙁
I have iPhone with iOS13.3.1
By mistake I deleted the old subscription of Facebook events.
I have tried to add the link in the “Passwords and Accounts”-menu, but no luck.
What do I do now?
Jesse1 says
I am having the same issues.
Facebook has updated the interface of their desktop website too, so there is no longer the sidebar with “upcoming events” link showing.
Doesn’t seem like there is a way to revert to the old desktop view.
Anyone else had any luck?
Nivetha says
Hello! My iCalender registers events from Facebook, but if I say no to an event, it doesn’t stay updated – so it seems like it isn’t properly synched. What to do?
Elizabeth Jones says
Hi Nivetha,
Is you Facebook calendar list in Passwords & Accounts as a subscribed calendar?
Bulcsu says
I can’t find the side menu anymore.
Lisa Janoschka says
I FINALLY got it to re-sync by right-clicking the URL link from the desktop FB event page to copy it.
Then I went to Settings on both my phone and iPad and went to Passwords and Accounts–Subscribed Calendars, and I pasted that new URL link over the old FB event calendar link.
And put in my FB login info, which wasn’t there before, and pressed Save.
Then it worked.
I was previously subscribed to FB events but it stopped working around the beginning of 2020.
I had to do this separately to iPhone, iPad, and then computer iCal. Frustrating to say the least.
Julie Jernigan says
This worked for me also! Something happened into 2020 to change the url (after the word key in the url). Finally events are syncing. Thank you for figuring this out!!!
Jeffrey Wear says
Where did you find the URL now? My Facebook doesn’t look like the screenshots.Thanks in advance!
Misty Brammer says
If you go on a desktop go to the events and right click on the upcoming events hyperlink. Choose copy link address. Go to your messenger and paste that in a message to yourself. Open that message on your phone messenger and it pops right up to add all of those to your calendar. That is the only way I got it to work.
Thor Torensen says
The functionality to download the file for the Birthdays calendar is been removed by Facebook.
Very annoying that they have removed this.
Now there is only an Upcoming Events link to download the events calendar, but the birthdays are gone.
Vatsala Sodhani says
Hello,
As soon as I click ‘Upcoming Events’, a file gets downloaded and I don’t get the option of adding/ loading the item to my phone’s calendar.
ORTrek says
Unfortunately, it looks like the ability to sync events with iPhone calendar is gone.
I followed your steps, but I can’t get the desktop window version, it stays in mobile mode.
There are no links to add to the calendar.
This is the second time, that I have experienced, with Facebook that this ability has been lost with an update.
My events used to sync just fine. This is very frustrating. 🙁
Elizabeth Jones says
Hi ORtek,
Yes, we’ve also been having mixed results with getting Facebook events using Desktop Mode–sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t!
Try this process using the Facebook App:
1. Open Facebook
2. Tap the menu button (three horizontal lines) from the bottom tab options
3. Choose Events
4. Tap on an event to open it
5. Tap on the additional menu button (three dots)
6. Choose Export to Calendar
7. Tap OK at pop-up message to add to your Calendar
8. Repeat for any additional events you want to add to your iPhone or iPad’s calendar
Let us know if this works for you
Liz
Lisa Janoschka says
To access desktop version on my iPhone and iPad, well actually I couldn’t do it from iPhone but I COULD on iPad, by clicking either little export arrow OR the 3 dots on the lower right corner and finding the option to open in the Desktop site.
The iPad desktop site let me copy the URL link; I couldn’t find it on phone.
Tip: Hold your finger on the link and don’t let go, this is the same as right-clicking, and you’ll see an option pop up to copy it.
Then I was able to message URL to myself to do the same following steps on the iPhone.
Anyway, then I went to Settings > Passwords & Accounts and choose Subscribed Calendars for Facebook Events and paste the updated link over the older link.
I was previously subscribed to FB events.
I also added my FB login and password info, as they were not filled in.
I did the same process on my phone. Both now seem to be syncing.
Sharon Mullen says
None of the steps I’ve seen work. This is awful because who has time to copy every Facebook event into their iPhone Calendar app? No one.
Jonas Möller Nielsen says
I agree, the steps explained do not work, probably they work with an older version of Facebook , but not with the current one.
Elizabeth Jones says
HI Jonas and Sharon,
To export upcoming events, try the following using the Facebook App on your iPhone or iPad:
1. Open Facebook
2. Tap the menu button (three horizontal lines) from the bottom tab options
3. Choose Events
4. Tap on an event to open it
5. Tap on the additional menu button (three dots)
6. Choose Export to Calendar
7. Tap OK at pop-up message to add to your Calendar
8. Repeat for any additional events you want to add to your iPhone or iPad’s calendar
We can’t figure out a way to get all events exported to your iPhone’s calendar using the Facebook App but it does work when using Facebook on Safari or another browser in Desktop Mode.
Liz
Jill Jung says
Here’s how I got mine to work…
1. On a computer (mine’s a laptop not a Mac), I went to Facebook events and right clicked the upcoming events link and copied the link.
2. I then opened my gmail on my computer and emailed myself that link.
3. Then opened gmail on my phone and coped the link.
4. Then go to settings, and searched for add a subscribed email. Paste the link there and it should work.
5. You can check by going to the iOS calendar, clicking calendars at the bottom and see the new calendar under subscribed. Also make sure that calendar is clicked on whatever other calendar you are using (I use miCal)
Done!
SK says
Thanks, Jill for sharing what worked for you! We’ll add this into a Reader’s Tip section.
Sam
Cassandra says
Can this be undone and how??
Angela Hanson says
It isn’t working. The link to add events to my iPhone calendar is just not there. I followed the directions exactly, and tried four times! I got the desktop site, but there was no link.
Nicole says
Same situation — very frustrating. I hope they correct this soon! I am so reliant on the FB events syncing.
Theodor says
I’ve tried this method, but I’m actually missing that entire box. Under the upcoming birthdays there’s just a box with language options. Any suggestions? I’ve tested it on both Chrome and Safari on my Mac.
SK says
Hi Theodor,
It appears that Facebook removed this functionality in the most recent update to the Facebook Platform.
We’re not sure if this is intentional (i.e. they removed that functionality with intent) or if it’s an oversight.
We are following up with Facebook’s Support and Development team and will hopefully know more soon.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Sam
Sam
Angela Hanson says
Me too! No box / link for me either!
SK says
Hi Angela and Theodor,
We’ve heard from Facebook users that this box sometimes appears and other times, it goes away–without any rhyme or reason.
We’re still waiting for an official response from Facebook Support. In the meantime, consider adding your user experience and voice into the issue by contacting facebook support and reporting this as a problem.
To report that something that isn’t working (i.e. adding calendar events)
Tap More the menu icon, scroll to the bottom and select Report a Problem > Something Isn’t Working
Select Events
Describe your problem in the text box
Tap Send
Victoria L Sheehan says
I am not seeing a share button on the events page.
SK says
HI Victoria,
We added some additional images which we hope help clarify how to add Facebook events to your iPhone’s Calendar App.
Once you land on the facebook events page, scroll the page all the way up so you see the top menu bar in, then look towards the bottom of your screen for the share button–and tap it.
Sam
Suzanne says
I synced my calendars awhile ago and everything was fine.
Now I’m noticing new Facebook events aren’t syncing. I’ve tried to redo the steps and it says I already have the calendar installed. I have it marked to be visible in my calendar view.
I’m not sure what has changed.
One hanger I’ve made was I did have my calendar using iCloud and took it off bc other web events were dropping off as long as I had iCloud turned on. I recently turned iCloud back on. I’m not sure if this has any bearing?