Calendar notification stuck in 'Inbox - New'

This happens to me too. My solution is to unsync and resync with the server:

• go to Settings / Main, Contacts, Callendars
• in the Accounts group, go to the appropriate account (for me, it always happens with MS Exchange)
• Switch off Calendars (events will not be synced from this server any more)
• You will be asked whether you are sure, because it will delete all the events that are currently synced from this server. Don't worry, they will remain on the server. They will be just deleted from your phone, including the stuck invitation.
• Wait a moment
• Switch on Calendars again
• Now you can go to Calendar app. Events from that server will be missing, but will be being downloaded again. After a short while, all the events will be back in your calendar, but the stuck invitation will be cleared.

It has happend to me several times since upgrading to iOS 7.0, say once per month, and it's shame that it was not fixed by iOS 7.1.

I was having the same problem, although this is in 2017. :-o I had a little red 1 in a circle on my calendar that I could not get rid of. I tried turning off notifications in settings and turning off my phone and resetting it, blah blah blah...... But HERE is what worked: I opened the calendar and along the bottom of the calendar on the iPhone 7 there's a place that says inbox. So I clicked Inbox and it showed an invitation I had received (A small window at the top) to an event, and then at the bottom of the window there are 3 choices:

Accept, Maybe and Decline, and as soon as I clicked Accept and Done, I closed Calendar and that little red circle was gone!! Yay !!! ;-)

Hope this helps y'all ! God bless! :-)

I have this problem on iOS 11 and 11.1. I tired your recommended procedure a few times but the same invite and red notification always returns when the calendar info is reloaded. Do you have any other suggestions? I’m using a 6 plus.

Have had the problem for literally YEARS. Unsure what circumstances cause the Invitation to get stuck in the notifications inbox but does not occur for all of them. Have an unresolved case ref with Apple going back a long time (aren't all case references unresolved by Apple these days?). Is not device/iOS specific.

Apple live in a state of denial regards ANY bugs with their own software.

Thanks, but I tried this a few times to no avail. It’s still stuck. Of course, the notification goes away when the exchange email is removed. Then it comes back soon after the email account is reinstated.

I have the exact same issue with the same setup - the only difference is that my wife and I both have the iPhone 4S. Unfortunately I don't have a solution. Anyone else seeing this?

This is a user to user support forum. Generally, if no one has responded to your thread, it means that no one has experienced your problem, and/or no one has a solution to your issue. I can understand your frustration, however posting every 30 days is not going to get you an answer if no one else has posted. If you have email notifications set up for the post, if someone responds, you will get an email. Good luck, and no, I do not use calendars in this manner, so I cannot recommend a solution.

My wife and I are experiencing the same problem, but sadly don't have a solution. Would welcome any assistance in this regard. Thanks.