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Google Calendar
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Google Calendar: Tame Your Notifications
(you can easily filter previous issues by application!)
Hi friends - I know Tuesdays are usually reserved for Workspace Editions (tips relevant for Business Workspace users) but these 2 personal use cases are just too good not to share immediately!
Filter out useless Calendar notifications (updated)
Previously, I recommended filtering out all “Accepted” notifications from Google Calendar (since you only need to know when someone has declined a calendar invite):
But a colleague at Google (thanks Jun!) suggested excluding “Propose new time” notifications since you still need to respond to those.
I took this a step further to exclude “Tentatively Accepted” as well as “Propose new time” notifications:
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Pro tip: You can download this Gmail filter here and upload it to your Gmail account directly.
Speak peak: I have a completely free Workspace Toolkit in the works where you can make a copy of my favorite Workspace templates in the spirit of “Copy once, Enjoy forever” - Stay tuned!
How to upload Gmail filter
Share Google Drive files with Calendar attendees
Instead of having to open a Google Calendar invite every time you’d like to attach a Google Docs/Sheets/Slides, I recommend getting into the habit of sharing to the Calendar event directly from the document:
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