Clear the junk out of Apple Calendar.

1. Work out which problem you have

Spam reaches Apple Calendar in two ways, and Apple gives a different fix for each.

If you are unsure, check the list of calendars first.

2. Remove a spam calendar subscription

1. iPhone

   In the Calendar app, tap the Calendars button, then tap the info button next to the calendar. Tap Unsubscribe, then choose Unsubscribe or Unsubscribe and Report Junk. Apple says the second option reports the calendar to Apple as a suspected junk subscription.

2. iPad

   The steps are the same. Apple’s iPad guide puts the button for your calendars at the top left.

3. Mac

   In the Calendar app, Control-click the calendar in the calendar list, then choose Unsubscribe. If the calendar list is not showing on the left, choose View, then Show Calendar List. Apple says you can also report the calendar as junk when you unsubscribe, which helps Calendar better identify junk subscriptions.

Apple’s iPhone article is written for iOS 26 or later, and the wording may differ on other versions. Some calendars cannot be removed. Apple’s example is the US Holidays calendar, which you can hide instead by deselecting the tick next to it in the same list.

3. Report an unwanted invitation as junk

1. iPhone

   In the Calendar app, tap the unwanted event. For an event from an unknown contact, tap Report Junk, then tap Delete and Report Junk. For any other event you want gone, tap Delete Event, then Delete Event again.

2. Mac

   In the Calendar app, click the Notifications button in the toolbar, then click New. For an unwanted invitation from an unknown sender, click Report Junk.

3. iCloud.com

   Go to icloud.com/calendar and sign in to your Apple Account. Open the event you want to report, then select Report Junk. Apple says the event is then deleted automatically from your calendar on all your devices signed in to the same Apple Account. Apple notes that you need to be on a tablet or computer to use Calendar on iCloud.com.

Apple words this differently on each platform. On iPhone, it gives Report Junk for an event from an unknown contact. On Mac, it gives it for an unwanted invitation from an unknown sender. On iCloud.com, it says you can report an invitation that you think is junk or spam.

4. Should you decline instead?

Apple’s pages give Accept, Decline and Maybe as the replies to an invitation, and Report Junk as the separate choice for an unwanted invitation from an unknown sender. They do not say what a sender sees when you decline, so we cannot tell you that declining is safe or unsafe. What Apple does say is that Report Junk on iCloud.com reports the invitation to iCloud and deletes the event. For a sender you do not know, Report Junk is the choice Apple offers, so we suggest using it in place of Decline.

5. Choose how iCloud invitations arrive

Apple documents a setting on iCloud.com for how invitations reach you. You need to be on a tablet or computer to use it.

1. Open the setting

   Go to icloud.com/calendar and sign in. Select the button at the top of the sidebar, choose Settings, then select Account.

2. Pick one of the two options

   Receive via In-app Notifications shows invitations as notifications in Calendar on iCloud.com. Receive via Email sends them to your email address, where you can reply from the email.

3. Know where it applies

   If you use more than one email address with iCloud Calendar, you can choose an option for each. Apple says your choice applies to all devices signed in to the same Apple Account with iCloud for Calendar turned on.

Apple suggests the email option for people whose main calendar is not their iCloud calendar. It does not describe it as a spam filter, and choosing it does not stop invitations being sent. They arrive in your inbox instead.

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