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# 📆 Google Calendar: Block Spammy Invites
- URL: https://www.jeffsu.org/productivity-ping-38/
- Published: 2022-08-05T08:28:43.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-05T13:13:13.000Z
- Description: #38
- Author: Jeff
- Tags: #newsletter, Google Calendar

## 🤔 What is it?

- Google Calendar recently added the ability to block event invitations from unknown senders
- Calendar Settings > Event Settings > Enable “only if the sender is known”

## 🤷🏻 When should I use this?

1. Normally, Google Calendar automatically adds events when you receive emailed invites, regardless of who sends them
2. The "known senders" feature will finally (after years of feedback apparently) let you block invitations from people you don't know (aka potential spammers)

## 📸 Instructions

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2022/08/image.png)

Enable "Only if the sender is known"

## ⌨️ Keyboard shortcut

- “S” to quickly access Calendar settings

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