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  1. In your calendars page, go to the name of the calendar you wish to share on the left. 
  2. Hover over that name and an arrow 3 dots will appear to the right of it. Click on that.
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  3. In that menu, click on "Share this CalendarSettings and Sharing". 
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  4. You will now be in a window for changing sharing settings for that calendar  

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There are many things you can do on this screen, so here are some details of different parts:

Global Sharing Options

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The Access Permissions setting controls large scale calendar access. The picture below is labelled to match each numbered line below

  1. You can choose to share with the general public. This will allow anyone in the world to see your calendar, so decide whether you want that before doing it. 
    1. "See only free/busy"  allows anyone on the web to see the calendar but with no details outside of if you are marked busy or free during that block.
    2. "See all event detail" allows anyone on the web to see the full details of all calendar events inluding: time, location, invited people, google meet id, etc.
  2. You can also choose to share it with everyone in your organization.

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  • You can share all event details, which will let people see exactly what you're doing at a given time. 
  • Or you can share your busy schedule, which just lets them see whether you're available at a given time or not. 

Sharing With Specific People 

  • The lower portion allows you to share your calendar with specific people 
    • On the left is a text box where you can put in an email address of the person you wish to share it with. 
    • On the right, you have another dropdown, much like the ones above. This gives four options, however. 
      • The event details and busy schedule choices are the same as above. 
      • Now there is an option to allow them to make changes to events, like adding, moving, and removing them. 
      • There is also one that gives them that ability, as well as the ability to share the calendar with people themselves. 
    • Below these options, there is a list of specific people who you have shared the calendar with. 
      • At any time, you are able to change the level of access they have to the calendar 
      • You can also remove them at any time by clicking the trash can to the right of their name.

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  1.  This allows everyone in your organization to view it, including Students if you're an educational institution.
    1. "See only free/busy"  allows organization users to see the calendar but with no details outside of if you are marked busy or free during that block.
    2. "See all event detail" allows organization users to see the full details of all calendar events inluding: time, location, invited people, google meet id, etc.
    3. "Make changes to events" allows organization users to make changes to the details of events (this setting may not be available depending on your organizations settings)
    4. "Make changes to events and manage sharing" allows organization users to make changes to the details of events as well as manage who has access to the calendar.

  2. Allows other Google applications such as Gmail access calendar info within the current sharing permissions

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Share With Specific People 

This section allows you to share your calendar out to individuals.

  1. Click "Add People" to select users to share the calendar with
  2. This opens a box with two fields.
    1. "Add Email or Name" is the field to select users. If the user exists in your domain or contacts, it may show up after you type the email or name partially.
    2. The Permissions field sets the level of access
      1. "See only free/busy"  allows selected users to see the calendar but with no details outside of if you are marked busy or free during that block.
      2. "See all event detail" allows selected users to see the full details of all calendar events inluding: time, location, invited people, google meet id, etc.
      3. "Make changes to events" allows selected users to make changes to the details of events (this setting may not be available depending on your organizations settings)
      4. "Make changes to events and manage sharing" allows selected users to make changes to the details of events as well as manage who has access to the calendar.
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    3. Once a user has been added, you can modify their level of access at any time using the dropbox next to their name.