Do/Did you have Google+ ? On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Victor Odhner wrote: >> If you delete a birthday in contacts, it will not appear in your calendar. > > Nope. You can add your birthday in Google, and you can change it, but once > you add your birthday they’re going to have a birthday for you. I thought of > entering February 29th, but oh well . . . > > The good news is you can turn off their birthdays calendar. Past discussions > I found indicated that for a while they cluttered your calendar with all the > birthdays they had for anybody they’d ever seen you connect with. > > Since I don’t use my Gmail box, I never had to experience that. :) > > They have matured a bit in this area, exposing all the contacts in one > place: google.com/contacts > > > ______________ > > On Jan 26, 2016, at 14:10:50, Mark Phillips > wrote: > > Check your contacts, it is probably there. If you delete a birthday in > contacts, it will not appear in your calendar. > > if you entered the birthday manually in your calendar, you should be able to > delete it. > > I am not sure how you have your Google account/calendar set up. I use Google > Apps, so I can have my own domain for gmail, so I am the administrator for > my calendars. > > Mark > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Stephen Partington > wrote: >> >> Google has kind of merged much of its backend data. So if any Google >> services have that information they all do. >> >> On Jan 26, 2016 1:26 PM, "Victor Odhner" wrote: >>> >>> OK, so one of the windmills that I like to tilt is limiting how much >>> Google knows about me. :) >>> >>> I do use Google Calendar. I had the “Birthdays” checkbox enabled, and it >>> wished me a happy birthday. I spun through my busy calendar to see how many >>> birthdays are listed, and it’s a tiny handful, I think four people besides >>> myself. >>> >>> My birthday is on a busy day, so I tried to delete my birthday. Cawn’t be >>> done. I would have to contact the Calendar Administrator, they say. But it >>> doesn’t say who the administrator is for the birthday calendar. >>> >>> It’s OK, I have simply disabled the Birthday Calendar, which will not be >>> missed. But I’m curious who that mysterious administrator is. >>> >>> I guess the real answer is, If I gave Google my birthday, where did I do >>> that? >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss