How to remove Calendar spam?

If you are using iOS 13 then Go to Settings ➔ Passwords & Accounts and under Accounts see if an unknown calendar account is listed. If it is then tap on it and then Delete account.

If you are using iOS 14 the Go to Settings ➔ Calendar ➔ Accounts and under Accounts see if an unknown calendar account is listed. If it is then tap on it and then Delete account.

If you are using iOS 13 then Go to Settings ➔ Passwords & Accounts and under Accounts see if an unknown calendar account is listed. If it is then tap on it and then Delete account.

If you are using iOS 14 the Go to Settings ➔ Calendar ➔ Accounts and under Accounts see if an unknown calendar account is listed. If it is then tap on it and then Delete account.

Thanks to Axel F.

How did it get on the phone if iPhone is unhackable, I mean they would have to remote access your phone somehow in order to add an account to your phone without your doing? Right? So how does this not also corrupt the entire phone?

Nope, they don't have to do any of that, the user just has to give approval for getting something from some website and it creates a new calendar. No different than if I went to the Major League Baseball site and signed up to get the season schedule for the Dodgers.

TheOfficalDude wrote:

How did it get on the phone if iPhone is unhackable, I mean they would have to remote access your phone somehow in order to add an account to your phone without your doing? Right? So how does this not also corrupt the entire phone?

No, you actually put it there by accepting an invitation from a website to “Allow notifications” or some such message.

I was tapping a button to block notifications and another button popped up above it and was tapped before I could stop. I was like “What the heck just happened?” It was shortly after that I was calendar spammed. Sneaky bastages 🤬.

I was tapping a button to block notifications and another button popped up above it and was tapped before I could stop. I was like “What the heck just happened?” It was shortly after that I was calendar spammed. Sneaky bastages 🤬.

I have no “passwords & accounts” section to open after settings to find a rogue calendar.

I am using an IPhone 11, with three cameras. I also have this problem described, but cannot seem to follow these steps due to not finding a “passwords & accounts” section.

You are running iOS 14, follow these instructions I copied from Lawrence Finch,

”If you are using iOS 14 the Go to Settings ➔ Calendar ➔ Accounts and under Accounts see if an unknown calendar account is listed. If it is then tap on it and then Delete account.”

The follow the instructions that have been posted many times in this forum thread.

If you are using iOS 13 or earlier then Go to Settings ➔ Passwords & Accounts and under Accounts see if an unknown calendar account is listed. If it is then tap on it and then Delete account.

If you are using iOS 14 the Go to Settings ➔ Calendar ➔ Accounts and under Accounts see if an unknown calendar account is listed. If it is then tap on it and then Delete account.

Thanks to Axel F.

There is nothing wrong with your phone and it is not compromised. You probably accepted a “free” offer on a website, then authorized installation of a rogue calendar. The removal instructions have been posted in this thread many times.

I was having the same thing happen . I went to my calendar, pressed the calendar tab at the bottom , I found the spam calendar and pressed the “i” icon in the side and deleted the miscellaneous calendar and that fixed the problem. How this helps!

That’s what the official Apple support article suggests. It hides the calendar, but doesn’t delete it so it still updates in background. The better solution is to actually delete it:

If your phone has iOS 13 or earlier: Go to Settings/Passwords & Accounts, look under Subscribed Calendars, tap on the offending calendar and delete it.

If your phone has iOS 14: Go to Settings/Calendar/Accounts, look under Subscribed Calendars, tap on the offending calendar and delete it.

You only read the beginning of this year-old thread. The location changed with iOS 14 this past autumn, and updates were posted in the thread; you now go to Settings/Calendar/Accounts to find the rogue subscribed calendar.

You only read the beginning of this year-old thread. The location changed with iOS 14 this past autumn, and updates were posted in the thread; you now go to Settings/Calendar/Accounts to find the rogue subscribed calendar.