> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dialtu.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Google Calendar

> Connect a professional's Google Calendar, what syncs in each direction, and colours

*Optional — mirror your bookings to your own Google Calendar. Your Dialtu calendar works fully without this.* Each professional connects their **own** account from their profile: **Calendar → Settings → Profiles → (your profile) → Calendar Sync**.

<Frame caption="Google Calendar connected for a profile">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/dialtu-0be120d3/UaQ2FLS22C6WoFGi/images/en/calendar/google-sync.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=UaQ2FLS22C6WoFGi&q=85&s=bfe9fa86588e6cba3f0a053a06efa693" alt="Edit Calendar Profile 'Calendar Sync' tab showing the Google Calendar card 'Connected as dr.velasquez@vitalis.example' with Verify connection, Sync now and Disconnect buttons." width="2880" height="1800" data-path="images/en/calendar/google-sync.png" />
</Frame>

## Connect

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Calendar Sync" icon="link">
    The tab is only enabled on a saved profile that has a **user** — a profile with the *No user* badge can't sync.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Connect Google Calendar" icon="google">
    Press **Connect Google Calendar**, approve the Google consent screen, and you land back with *Connected as* {email}.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check" icon="circle-check">
    **Verify connection** re-checks the token. **Sync now** pushes upcoming appointments and reports {n} *appointments updated in Google*. **Sync now** also appears on the agenda toolbar.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What syncs

| Direction           | What                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Dialtu → Google** | Every booking creates a Google event; a reschedule updates it; a cancellation deletes it. The event carries the title, the time, and the **service's colour** snapped to the closest of Google's 11 colours. No phone, notes or answers are sent |
| **Google → Dialtu** | **Busy time only.** Anything on the Google calendar removes those slots from availability, is re-checked at booking, and shows as a *Busy — Google Calendar* card on the agenda. Nothing is imported as an appointment                           |

<Note>
  Change a service's colour and its upcoming Google events are re-coloured too.
</Note>

## Expired connection

When Google revokes the token, the agenda shows *Google Calendar sync stopped* and the profile tab reads *Connection expired — reconnect to resume syncing.* Press **Reconnect Google Calendar**. Bookings made meanwhile are not mirrored retroactively — use **Sync now** after reconnecting.

## Disconnect

**Disconnect** stops both directions. Events already in Google stay there.

## What doesn't exist

* **Importing Google events as appointments.**
* **Choosing a calendar** other than the primary one.
* **Outlook, iCloud, CalDAV or an ICS feed.**
* **An admin connecting on a professional's behalf.**

## Next step

<Card title="Waiting lists" icon="hourglass-half" href="/en/calendar/waiting-lists">
  When there's no slot to offer.
</Card>