Why does my calendar automatically alert 30 minutes before events?

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Why does my calendar automatically alert 30 minutes before events?

iPhone 5

Whenever I enter events on my calendar it automatically sets an alert 30 minutes before the event even if I click the option of "None" in alerts when I create the event. I then have to exit calendars, go back in and change it back to "None" as it will have automatically changed it to "30 minutes before".

I also have an event set for every week and even though I keep changing it to No alert (for all future events) it constantly changes it back to "30 minutes before". Every week!

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iPhone 5

Posted on Feb 13, 2013 2:15 PM

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sberman

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Feb 13, 2013 2:20 PM in response to pen-y-jen

It sounds like you're sharing the calendar with some other system that is overruling what you do on your iPhone to avoid the alerts.

Investigate the other places your calendar may be set and have your iPhone's actions overruled.

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Hugo777

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Mar 20, 2013 10:10 AM in response to sberman

I have a similar problem, tried this solution but it didn't work for me.... 😟

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pen-y-jen Author

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Feb 13, 2013 2:24 PM in response to sberman

THANKS!

I checked on my google calendars account on a separate computer and it was set to automatically alert 30 minutes before. Have removed that in settings and re-synced. Problem solved!

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sberman

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Feb 13, 2013 2:29 PM in response to pen-y-jen

Delighted to hear it! Enjoy your iPhone.

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Oct 24, 2013 11:52 AM in response to sberman

You may be on to something - all my recurring events get reset back to alerting me 15 mins before even if I set the Alert to None in the phone.

Does that mean I have to check the Mac Calendar setting, the iCloud setting, and the iPad Calendar settings?

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