When creating events in Google or Outlook you have the option of marking Events as “Private”
In Google it looks like this:
In Outlook it looks like this:
Now, what does this do?
IF you are sharing your calendar with others within your organization and you give them permissions to view all of your events, they will see all the details of your events. But perhaps you want to hide certain events from your co-workers such as Personal Events, Medical Appointments, etc… In this case you may want to mark an event as PRIVATE. If you do that, those events marked as Private will show to your co-workers as “Busy” and not reveal the details. Just Busy, Start/End Date.
By default you will want to keep most events as “Normal” Visibility.
So when you are setting up Event Types within GReminders for Automated Scheduling you can also set this Visibility so that when the Event or Appointment is created on your Google or Outlook Calendar, it has the right Visibility Setting.
You can read more here for Outlook or here for Google.
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FAQs
What does marking an event as 'Private' do in Google or Outlook calendars?
Marking an event as 'Private' hides the event details from others who have permission to view your calendar. They will only see the event as 'Busy' along with the start and end time, but not the event details.
Why would I want to mark certain events as 'Private'?
You might want to mark events as 'Private' to keep sensitive or personal appointments, such as medical appointments or personal events, hidden from co-workers while still showing that you are busy during that time.
Can I set the visibility of events when using GReminders for automated scheduling?
Yes, when setting up Event Types within GReminders, you can set the visibility so that events or appointments created on your Google or Outlook calendar have the desired visibility setting, such as 'Private' or 'Normal'.