What is the S Planner (calendar) and how do I use it?
Please Note: that the Calendar app is an updated version of the S Planner app which will come pre-installed on your device.
The icons and screen may differ slightly from the illustrations below depending on your device, operating system and theme.
The Samsung Calendar (S Planner on older devices) is a calendar application that enables you to synchronize your calendars to your Galaxy device so that everything is immediately and easily accessible. You can create and modify appointments right from your device, and any updates made are automatically synchronised. The Calendar allows you to sync calendar events with several email addresses, invite attendees, set reminders, add locations and more.
To add a new event, you will need to:
Reminder - displays a notification reminder 10 minutes before your event starts.
Location - allows you to add the location of your event.
Notes - allows you to add notes to your event, for example: don't forget the birthday cake.
Repeat - sets up a recurrence for a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly event.
Invitees - allows you to send your event to your contacts email address.
Show me as - blocks the event out in your calendar to show you as busy or available.
Visibility - makes the event private, allowing only you to see the event or public, allowing anyone with access to the calendar to see it.
To edit an event within your calendar, you will need to:
To enable or disable your notifications, you will need to:
The below steps will show you how to set the view for your S Planner (calendar) app to show by day, week, month or year.
To set up a recurring event, you will need to:
If you have opened an existing event, you will need to tap View more before choosing Repeat.
If you are setting up a new event, remember to complete the event before choosing Save
To sync a Google account, you will need to:
To sync an Outlook account, you will need to:
If your still experiencing problems syncing your Outlook account, please visit the Microsoft office support page for more information.
To sync a Facebook account, you will need to:
Please Note: that you will need to have a Facebook account on your device.
Please note: that it is not possible to make any changes to the colour palette.
To change the event colour, you will need to:
To change the privacy of an event, you will need to:
Please note: that you need to have the Calendar or S Planner synced with an email address, and the people you want to invite need to be saved in your contacts list with valid email addresses attached to their profile.
Follow the below instructions to invite people to an event.
If you have the email address saved, you will need to tap contacts.
If you need to type the email address, tap invitees
To view who has accepted the invite, you will need to:
To unsync your calendars and accounts, you will need to:
If you are using the calendar app, you will need to remove all event individually.
To clear or remove all events using S Planner, you will need to:
Please note: that this will only remove events that have been saved to the Calendar. If your calendar has been synced with Google for example, you will need to delete the events individually.
To remove or clear all events that are saved to my calendar, you will need to:
If you still have events showing in your calendar it could be because your calendar has synced with your email, Facebook or Samsung account. Please visit unsyncing calendars and accounts for more information on how to do this.
To remove an event, you will need to:
To enable or disable the Auto Sync feature, you will need to:
Please note: that your account will need to be activated before you can proceed. Please visit Enable or disable Auto Sync for more information on how to do this.
To set up a task, you will need to:
If you choose an email address from the list, the task will turn into an event.
To amend your task, you will need to:
To share a task, you will need to:
Sending a task using a calendar file (ICS) will allow the recipient to see all the information of the task as you see it. If you choose to send a text, the recipient will only the see event title, due date and the priority.
Please note: that some of the displayed methods may not be compatible when sending an ICS file. A pop up screen will appear advising what your device has converted the file to and give the option to change these settings.
Depending on which format you have chosen, the below screen may differ.
To remove a task, you will need to:
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