My calendar events disappear after a couple of months

How can I keep my calendar events on my phone so that I can search for previous events that may have occurred previous years?

Posted on Sep 13, 2023 07:06 AM

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Posted on Sep 13, 2023 07:21 AM

Go to Settings/Calendar/accounts. Tap on the account (unless it is iCloud) and log for a setting “Mail days to sync”. Note that not all account types support this, and iCloud does not because it syncs all events forever.


Also, the built in calendar app can only search the previous 12 months, even though you can view older events. There are several 3rd party calendar apps in the app store that can search any date range; I can search back to 1998 because I imported my Palm Treo calendars when I first got an iPhone.

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Sep 13, 2023 07:21 AM in response to navydog1777

Go to Settings/Calendar/accounts. Tap on the account (unless it is iCloud) and log for a setting “Mail days to sync”. Note that not all account types support this, and iCloud does not because it syncs all events forever.


Also, the built in calendar app can only search the previous 12 months, even though you can view older events. There are several 3rd party calendar apps in the app store that can search any date range; I can search back to 1998 because I imported my Palm Treo calendars when I first got an iPhone.

Jul 19, 2024 05:47 PM in response to navydog1777

Apple’s calendar is very basic. There are several 3rd party calendar apps that are much more powerful, and let you specify a search range. Many built in apps are basic, possibly to developers don’t feel Apple is trying to compete with them. I use WeekCal, another popular one is Fantastical. Both have some amazing features, such as event templates, group templates to insert a bunch of related events, and much more.

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