Update calendar

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Update the properties of a calendar object. The calendar can be one for a user, or the default calendar of a Microsoft 365 group.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

Permissions

Depending on the type of calendar that the event is in and the permission type (delegated or application) requested, one of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Calendar Delegated (work or school account) Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Application
user calendar Calendars.ReadWrite Calendars.ReadWrite Calendars.ReadWrite
group calendar Group.ReadWrite.All Not supported. Not supported.

HTTP request

A user's or group's default calendar.

PATCH /me/calendar
PATCH /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/calendar
PATCH /groups/{id}/calendar

A user's calendar in the default calendarGroup.

PATCH /me/calendars/{id}
PATCH /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/calendars/{id}

A user's calendar in a specific calendarGroup.

PATCH /me/calendarGroups/{id}/calendars/{id}
PATCH /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/calendarGroups/{id}/calendars/{id}

Request headers

Header Value
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply the values for relevant fields that should be updated. Existing properties that are not included in the request body will maintain their previous values or be recalculated based on changes to other property values. For best performance you shouldn't include existing values that haven't changed.

Property Type Description
color String Specifies the color theme to distinguish the calendar from other calendars in a UI. The property values are: LightBlue=0, LightGreen=1, LightOrange=2, LightGray=3, LightYellow=4, LightTeal=5, LightPink=6, LightBrown=7, LightRed=8, MaxColor=9, Auto=-1
isDefaultCalendar Boolean True if this calendar is the user's default calendar, false otherwise.
name String The calendar name.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and updated calendar object in the response body.

Example

Request

The following example updates the name of the signed-in user's default calendar.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/calendar
Content-type: application/json

{
  "name": "Social events"
}

Response

The following example shows the response. Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#me/calendars/$entity",
    "@odata.id":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('266efe5a-0fd7-4edd-877b-b2d1e561f193@ae01a323-3934-4475-a32d-af1274312bb0')/calendars('AAMkADJmMVAAA=')",
    "id":"AAMkADJmMVAAA=",
    "name":"Social events",
    "color":"auto",
    "isDefaultCalendar":false,
    "changeKey":"DxYSthXJXEWwAQSYQnXvIgAAIxGttg==",
    "canShare":true,
    "canViewPrivateItems":true,
    "hexColor": "",
    "canEdit":true,
    "allowedOnlineMeetingProviders": [
                "teamsForBusiness"
            ],
    "defaultOnlineMeetingProvider": "teamsForBusiness",
    "isTallyingResponses": true,
    "isRemovable": false,
    "owner":{
        "name":"Samantha Booth",
        "address":"[email protected]"
    }
}