title: Sharing an iPhone Calendar: Steps, Permissions and the Android Problem
url: https://boardspy.site/blog/how-to-share-an-iphone-calendar/
type: Article
dateModified: 2026-10-15
publisher: BoardSpy
quick_answer: Quick answer: Open the Calendar app, tap Calendars, tap the info button next to the calendar you want to share, then Add Person, enter their email and tap Add. Then tap their name and turn Allow Editing on or off (off is read-only). The catch: for a private shared calendar, the other person needs an Apple Account and iCloud. If they're on Android, this route won't work — see the public-calendar option below.
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  How do I share my iPhone calendar with my wife or husband?,Open Calendar, tap Calendars, tap the info button next to the calendar, tap Add Person, enter their email address and tap Add. Then tap their name and turn Allow Editing on or off; off means Read-Only. They'll need an Apple Account and iCloud for this to work.
  Can I share an iPhone calendar with an Android user?,Not privately. Apple requires everyone on a shared iCloud calendar to have an Apple Account. You can turn on Public Calendar and send the link, which anyone can view on any device — but only you can edit it. For two-way sharing across platforms you need a third-party app that runs on both.
  How do I share a calendar on iPhone without sharing everything?,Create a separate calendar for what you want to share rather than sharing your personal one. Tap Calendars, Add Calendar, name it, save it to iCloud, then share just that one. Your other calendars stay private.
  What is the difference between Allow editing and Read-Only?,Allow editing lets the other person create, change and delete events, and see invitation responses. Read-Only lets them see the calendar and nothing more. You set it per person, so the same calendar can have both.
  Why can't my family see the calendar I shared?,Usually one of three things: they haven't accepted the invitation yet, they're signed in with a different Apple Account from the email you sent it to, or the calendar isn't an iCloud calendar — a Google or Outlook calendar added to your iPhone has to be shared from that service instead.
  Can I share a repeating shift schedule on an iPhone calendar?,Only if it repeats weekly, monthly or yearly. Shift rotations usually don't — a 2-2-3 is a fourteen-day cycle and a DuPont is twenty-eight — so there's no repeat rule that fits. You'd be entering them by hand, or using an app that understands cycles of any length.
citations[1]{name,url}:
  Apple Support — Share a calendar on iCloud.com,https://support.apple.com/en-mo/guide/icloud-ipad/mm6b1a9479/icloud
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