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Rory_Scott2410
Copper Contributor
Dec 07, 2021

How to assign colours to events on outlook calendar android app

Hi there,

 

I want to assign events in my outlook calendar on my android app to three colour categories ; work (red), social (blue) and admin (yellow). Does anyone know how I can set my phone up to do this easily when on the go?

 

Thanks,

 

Rory

  • Allan_Clarke's avatar
    Allan_Clarke
    Iron Contributor
    Outlook on Android has in the near past been updated to include Categories (under Settings) but I've yet to find a way of tagging a new calendar entry with a category and according to support.microsoft.com its not a function of Outlook on Android at the moment 'You cannot edit or apply category colors to events on Outlook for Android.'

    Full article at: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-enable-calendar-category-colors-on-outlook-for-android-d9279f4e-992d-40b4-9a76-2a5249ec8385
      • wezken's avatar
        wezken
        Copper Contributor
        I've picked up on this because I was searching to find why a series of events on my Outlook 365 calendar had suddenly disappeared from the calendar on my phone. Having read the above I went to my pc and removed the category from the series and guess what, they have all re-appeared on the phone! Looks like you cant categorise at the moment if you want to be able to see your events on both platforms.

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