Marc d R
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Q: how to disable LinkedIn birthdays in calendar

I'm using iCloud Calendar and have added my LinkedIn and Facebook accounts to OSX (Mavericks 10.9.3). Unfortunately my Calendar now shows not only the birthdays from my contacts (which I want to happen), but also all the birthdays from my 500+ LinkedIn connections as well.

 

I really don't want this. The birthdays now include hundreds and hundreds of dates from people with whom I have only have a loose business relationship, and couldn't care less about when their birthday is. As far as I'm concerned LinkedIn isn't Facebook and birthdays aren't really required but that a different question, which is up to LinkedIn and its users.

 

So the issue is that I want to select the accounts from which birthdays are shown in calendar. Strangely enough when you link your Facebook account to OSX it behaves in a completely different manner. In Calendar there's a separate Facebook birthdays selection which you can turn on or off. I should worh that way for LinkedIn as well.

 

Apple can you please fix this, or someone else could you please offer some help?

 

Thanks in advance,

Marc


OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)

Posted on May 28, 2014 7:07 AM

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  • by léonie,Helpful

    léonie léonie May 28, 2014 12:11 PM in response to Marc d R
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    May 28, 2014 12:11 PM in response to Marc d R

    If you do not want the LinkedIn birthdays in your calendar, disable LinkedIn in your Contacts "Preferences > Accounts".  That is the only way I could prevent them from showing in my Calendar.

     

    Send feedback to Apple with a "Design/Ease of Use" request. You can use this form:  http://www.apple.com/feedback/ical.html

  • by Marc d R,

    Marc d R Marc d R Jun 2, 2014 6:36 AM in response to léonie
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    Jun 2, 2014 6:36 AM in response to léonie

    Thanks for your reply.

     

    Disabling Linkedin is kind of overkill as I like the Linkedin integration just not the birthdays. I like that fact that the pictures of my contacts are automatically updated from their LinkedIn profiles, as well as the fact that I can directly see their profile when I click in contacts. The only thing I don't want is 500+ birthdays cluttering my calender.

     

    I'll send this feedback to Apple, thanks for the link.

  • by GMil2014,

    GMil2014 GMil2014 May 12, 2015 10:26 AM in response to Marc d R
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    May 12, 2015 10:26 AM in response to Marc d R

    Hi there.  I was just researching this exact same (annoying) issue and came across your post.  Did you ever figure out a solution?

     

    Thanks!

  • by pollensoft,Helpful

    pollensoft pollensoft Jun 12, 2015 6:59 AM in response to GMil2014
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    Jun 12, 2015 6:59 AM in response to GMil2014

    There's a "Birthdays" calendar under the "Other" category in Apple Calendar, uncheck or delete that one, that's the one LinkedIn uses.

  • by pablobianco,

    pablobianco pablobianco Aug 13, 2015 7:58 AM in response to Marc d R
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    Aug 13, 2015 7:58 AM in response to Marc d R

    Hi all,

    I want to keep my family and friends birthday notifications in my iCal calendar, but I don't want to see all birthday notifications from my 500+ contacts in LinkedIn.

     

    Same time I would like to keep my AddressBook/LinkedIn connection to update my contacts.

     

    I have use time on figuring this out, but can't find the solution... please help.

     

    Thanks, Pablo

  • by Wolverines,

    Wolverines Wolverines Nov 12, 2015 9:06 AM in response to pollensoft
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    Nov 12, 2015 9:06 AM in response to pollensoft

    I believe unchecking this box under "Other" in iCal will also disable notification of birthdays from Facebook friends as well as a side effect.

  • by CharlieAndNash,

    CharlieAndNash CharlieAndNash Mar 10, 2016 6:42 PM in response to Marc d R
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    Mar 10, 2016 6:42 PM in response to Marc d R

    I figured it out!

     

    On your Mac, go to System Preferences. Select "Internet Accounts" - LinkedIn. At the bottom is a checked box that says enable this account. Uncheck it and Voila! No more random LinkedIn birthdays in your calendar. I also suggest in LinkedIn revoking application access to LinkedIn from your Mac OS System. To do that go to Privacy & Settings -  Groups, Companies & Applications - View Your Applications - deselect your operating system.

  • by meljeannie,

    meljeannie meljeannie Aug 22, 2016 8:54 PM in response to CharlieAndNash
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    Aug 22, 2016 8:54 PM in response to CharlieAndNash

    Thanks so much, this worked and I was able to keep my original birthday reminders for family and friends.

  • by gryphonent,

    gryphonent gryphonent Sep 6, 2016 8:20 AM in response to CharlieAndNash
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    Sep 6, 2016 8:20 AM in response to CharlieAndNash

    Sorry, this is NOT a solution as it also disables LinkedIn updates in Contacts. Myself, and the poster above, want to keep LinkedIn updates and addresses in Contacts but not see birthday updates in Calendar. For Facebook there's a separate calendar for Events and Birthdays and you can disable them independently from Contacts. Not so for LinkedIn. This is an issue Apple must address.... but alas hasn't for quite a while now.