Sync Google Calendar with Outlook Seamlessly

Why Sync Google Calendar with Outlook?

If you use Google Calendar for personal scheduling and Microsoft Outlook at work (or vice versa), your calendars are siloed. A colleague checking your Outlook availability won't see the dentist appointment on your Google Calendar. The result: overlapping meetings, missed commitments, and constant manual checking.

Syncing solves this by copying your busy times across both calendars. You keep full control over what details are visible — colleagues see that you're busy, not the specifics of your personal appointments.

Start Syncing Google Calendar with Outlook

By using Don't Double Book Me, you can easily sync events between Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook and ensure that your schedule is conflict-free across both platforms. Here's how to get started:

1. Connect your Google Account with Don't Double Book Me.

   You will be prompted to give Don't Double Book Me the proper permissions to access your Google Calendar. We need read & write access to your calendar to sync your events.

   Connect Your Google Account

2. Connect your Microsoft Outlook Account.

   Add your Outlook account so Don't Double Book Me can read and write events on your Microsoft calendar.

   Connect Your Outlook Account

3. Select the calendars you want to sync.

   Pick your Google Calendar as the source and your Outlook calendar as the destination (or the other way around). You can create as many syncs as you need.

4. Configure your sync preferences.

   Choose event visibility (show as Busy, Private, or match the original), set working hours, enable rounded event times, and decide whether to sync all-day events or invitations.

5. Your calendars are now syncing in real-time. 🎉

   Events sync automatically via webhooks — no manual refresh needed. Changes, cancellations, and new bookings propagate within seconds.

Start with a 1-week free trial (no credit card required), then enjoy seamless cross-provider syncing for just $20/year. Instead of paying $10/month for Reclaim, OneCal, or Clockwise, you only pay once a year at a low and reasonable price.

What Is Don't Double Book Me?

Don't Double Book Me reserves time between your Google and Outlook calendars, ensuring your schedule is conflict-free without sharing your sensitive event details across providers.

• Cross-Provider Sync. Sync events marked as Busy between Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook in real-time. Your availability updates as soon as you're booked on either platform, ensuring no overlaps.
• Privacy Controls. Choose how events appear on the other calendar — show as Busy with no details, keep the original visibility, or mark as Private. Your personal appointments stay personal.
• Respect Your Working Hours. Set specific hours during which you want events to be synced. Events starting before or ending after your working hours will be adjusted to match.
• Rounded Event Times. Automatically round the start and end times of your events to the nearest 15 or 30 minutes. This helps in creating a cleaner, more organized calendar view.