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Alicia.TWY Author

Level 1

8 points

Clear recent locations in Calendar for iOS 8

Hi Apple users,

I am currently having an issue with a long list of RECENT LOCATIONS in my Calendar (Apple's Calendar app), when creating a new event.

After the iOS 8 update, whenever I create a new event in Calendars and inputting a new location, iPhone saves that location as a recent location.

So now when I create another NEW event and input a location, it will appear a list of recent locations that was saved from my previous event entries.

After creating 15 different NEW events with different locations, the list of recent locations starts to build up and gets very messy.

I have tried many ways to clear/remove those recent locations but it does not have any option for me to do so.

Apple, please make an option or a setting where we could easily remove recent items, whether its recent locations/contacts, etc.

But this is the current issue I am facing and I hope someone has figured a way to clear all the recent locations in the Calendar App whenever creating a new event.

PLEASE HELP!

Thanks guys!

iPhone 5s, iOS 8

Posted on Oct 4, 2014 9:23 PM

31 replies

Aug 21, 2015 6:50 AM in response to DeDe4Shorty3

Yes, even your mentioned privacy settings will not help since it is an iCloud issue. I am sure Apple is working on it, aren't you? 😉 Any other solution would be still appreciated.

Oct 8, 2015 2:24 AM in response to upgrader74

Did somebody find a solution in the meantime?

Oct 23, 2015 4:21 AM in response to upgrader74

IOS 9.1 and still no solution here? Any news?

Nov 14, 2015 2:26 AM in response to upgrader74

Have u tried deleting the contact that is linked to the address in the recents list?

Nov 14, 2015 2:32 AM in response to jericho128

Yes, deleted also the related contact but the location still shows up in the list 😟

Jan 11, 2016 3:08 PM in response to Pjl1520

I have the same problem. Since there is still no solution. How do I submit a bug report to Apple?

Apr 5, 2016 4:13 PM in response to HikingMom11

I have the same problem even with accidental posting of event locations... This should be an easy fix for the tech gurus

Apr 9, 2016 5:49 AM in response to Skinner4u

Nothing new with the latest version of iOS 9. It's been a while now ! But I keep hope to clear one day that old locations from both calendar and reminders apps...

Aug 30, 2016 2:16 AM in response to Alicia.TWY

Same question here. My list grows and grows and gets more and more confusing.

Even when executing a complete reset without putting the backup back into the iPhone the data shows up as soon as I connected with iCloud. It looks the data is stored in iCloud and coming in again and again?

Deleting any contacts brings nothing.

@Apple, please, when will this be solved?

Steve A.

Level 3

716 points

Sep 7, 2016 2:15 PM in response to upgrader74

upgrader74 wrote:

Even when executing a complete reset without putting the backup back into the iPhone the data shows up as soon as I connected with iCloud. It looks the data is stored in iCloud and coming in again and again?

I addressed this with Apple Support one day while my wife was having issues resetting her password - I took advantage of the "Can I help you with anything else?" portion of the phone call. He confirmed this as well on his iPhone, and I stressed to pass this onto the engineers.

The recent calendar locations do disappear when signing out of your iCloud account (or not even signing into it) from whatever device you are using. Once signed back in, they reappear. I proved this with a brand new iPad Mini that I had gotten for Christmas - out of the box, everything was clean. But once associating my iCloud account with the device, I found those stubborn locations appearing back in the Calendar app... even with no contacts on the device.

Furthermore, I have no Calendar archives from https://www.icloud.com - yet somehow the locations remain.

Paul757

Level 1

12 points

Sep 14, 2016 10:49 AM in response to Steve A.

Even in September 2016, as far as I can see it is still not possible to delete these locations. Settings - Calendar -Location Suggestions: set to off: triggers a message that this "....will prevent suggestions from appearing in the Calendar App", but it is not true - they still appear in IOS10. Don't Apple employees read these discussions? If they don't what is the purpose of hosting this site? This issue will have been extant for over two years in a few weeks.

Sep 14, 2016 1:23 PM in response to Paul757

Well it seems they do !

After reading your message, I tried to go in Calendar, created a new event, and I was able to swipe each f***ing "recent" location to the left to delete them.

AT LAST.

😎

Sep 15, 2016 6:15 AM in response to Community User

No it is not working at last...

FeBe95

Level 1

14 points

Sep 15, 2016 6:21 AM in response to upgrader74

It is working for me with iOS 10! Finally!

Sep 15, 2016 7:06 AM in response to upgrader74

Clear recent locations in Calendar for iOS 8