Secondary calendars will now follow the lifecycle of their owner

As announced earlier this year, we are now rolling out the secondary calendar lifecycle changes for non-personal Workspace accounts: secondary calendars will now follow the lifecycle of their owner, meaning that when a user account is deleted, any secondary calendars owned by that user will be deleted as well. Similarly, when a user is suspended, their owned secondary calendars will be suspended as well. This matches the behavior of primary calendars. To preserve a secondary calendar, ownership must be transferred to a new user before the original owner's account is deleted or suspended.

This update strengthens organizational data governance by ensuring that every secondary calendar is tied to a valid owner that determines organizational settings and policies applying to the data.

Getting started

• Admins: Admins can transfer secondary calendars in the admin console or by using the Calendar API.
• End users: Users can transfer their secondary calendars in Calendar Settings. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 5, 2026

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers and Workspace Individual subscribers

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Cancel or transfer events or secondary calendars before deleting a user 
• Google Help: Transfer calendars or events in Google Calendar
• Google Workspace Updates Blog: An update on secondary calendar lifecycle changes and a new API 
• Google Workspace Updates Blog: Improving secondary calendar management with dedicated owners