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How do I block spam calendar invitation emails?

All of a sudden this week I started receiving emails from noreply@email.apple.com asking me if I want to subscribe to various obviously spam calendars such as:


"Subscribe to Apple Trusted’s “Longchamp Discount Event” , Find the latest styles and save up to 70% OFF" calendar?"


This is truly annoying. I have searched all over trying to figure out how to fix this and why it started happening but have found nothing. Is anyone else experiencing this or know how to make it stop?

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Jul 12, 2016 5:29 PM

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Posted on Jul 14, 2016 8:30 AM

Having the exact same issue. I originally started getting emails, and now the reminder app continues to pop up with notifications every few hours. I have reset my settings and my phone completely with no luck - thinking it might have something to do with the Apple ID itself? Incredibly irritating, am thinking of popping into a Genius Bar/Store and seeing what they say.

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Jul 14, 2016 8:30 AM in response to annie93

Having the exact same issue. I originally started getting emails, and now the reminder app continues to pop up with notifications every few hours. I have reset my settings and my phone completely with no luck - thinking it might have something to do with the Apple ID itself? Incredibly irritating, am thinking of popping into a Genius Bar/Store and seeing what they say.

Nov 18, 2016 1:45 PM in response to lionettelynn

how to erase it from the calendar after changing settings in icloud calendar


Here's a step-by-step guide to help you shift the spam invites to a different calendar from where the spam can be erased.

Step 1: Open the Calendar app and go to Calendars. Next, tap the Edit option.

Step 2: Use the Edit button to add a Calendar to the list. Name the same, e.g. Spam. Next, tap on Done.

Step 3: To return to the calendar, double tap the Done option.

Step 4: Next, open the spam invite and tap the bottom (located above invite) on Calendar.

Step 5: Select the new Spam calendar you have created. Repeat this process for all the invites.

Step 6: Return to Calendars. Tap on the i-button located next to the Spam calendar.

Step 7: Scroll down. Next, tap "Delete Calendar" option.

Jan 9, 2017 1:38 AM in response to lionettelynn

If you get a spam iCloud Calendar request

If you get a calendar request that you think might be spam or junk, let us know. Sign in to iCloud.com with your Apple ID and go to the Calendar app. Open the event that you wish to mark as Junk, click Report Junk, then click OK. We'll automatically delete the event from your Calendar on all your devices signed in with the same Apple ID.

These exact sentences are written in the article : Get help using iCloud Contacts, Calendars, or Reminders - Apple Support

Nov 4, 2016 1:18 PM in response to lionettelynn

I'm responding to this thread because it's the first hit in a google search and it fails to resolve the issue at all.


The spam calendar invites are getting through the junk filters, and, in-fact, don't appear to have any email associated with them. I got an invite that filled up my entire calendar with meeting reminders without my having taken any action. Stupidly, because I needed to see something on my calendar and it was making it really difficult to find the *real* meeting i was looking for, I declined the invitation. It's now open season on my calendar.


Is this perhaps a virus on one of my iCloud connected computers that injecting these invites into my calendar? I genuinely have no idea how these are getting in, but without an email invitation to refer to, one can't report the phishing or really do much of anything beyond the "delete a calendar" work around.

Nov 6, 2016 12:06 PM in response to lionettelynn

I too was receiving notifications from 'Sybil Warren' regarding ray-ban items on sale and it created a calendar notification. This has happened before. Today, I clicked the calendar icon and deleted the calendar the notification was associated with (iCloud work). I was under the impression that it was coming in my calendar from my place of employment, but it is not and can be removed without removing the information you need. Hope that helps!

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