How can I disable alerts for a specific calendar on my Apple Watch

On my iPhone, in the Calendar app, you can selectively disable alerts and notifications for a specific calendar if you tap "Calendars" on the bottom toolbar, tap the "(i)" next to a specific calendar, and toggle off "Event Alerts". This way, the events still shows up on my calendar view, but I do not receive meeting reminders for events on this calendar.


I would like to do the same thing with my Apple Watch. I want the events to be visible from my Watch, but I do not want to receive reminders for a specific calendar on my Watch.


My use case in particular: I have an Exchange account through work, for which I would like to have visibility into my work calendar, but I do not want to receive alerts for meetings on my work calendar on my phone or my watch. I still want those events visible on my phone and watch, and I still want to receive reminders for events on my other, personal calendars on my phone and watch.


Can this be done?

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Posted on Feb 16, 2021 7:38 AM

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Feb 16, 2021 9:12 AM in response to Randy-12

I tried what you suggested. I disabled event notifications for my Exchange account in the Calendar app on my iPhone. Then I set both "Notifications" and "Calendars" to "Mirror my iPhone" in the Watch app on my iPhone. I put both the watch and my phone on my desk, locked. At the next meeting reminder time, Outlook on my desktop reminded me of the event, but neither my phone nor my watch notified me.


Then, without changing any settings at all, I put the watch on my wrist and unlocked it and waited for the next meeting invite. This time, the watch notified me of the Exchange event, but my phone did not.


So the watch does not seem to be respecting the "Mirror my iPhone" setting when it is on-wrist and unlocked.


EDIT: For reference, this is a Series 6 Watch with watchOS 7.3. The phone is an iPhone 12 Pro with iOS 14.4.

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