{"id":20583,"date":"2017-05-22T15:32:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T10:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=20583"},"modified":"2017-05-22T15:32:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T10:02:55","slug":"how-to-stop-icloud-calendar-spam-invites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/how-to-stop-icloud-calendar-spam-invites\/","title":{"rendered":"How to stop iCloud Calendar Spam Invites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Black Friday, and Cyber Monday deals, iPhone users have been\u00a0treated to something no one was looking forward to \u2013 a consistent stream of spam invites that cluttered up their calendars, and flooded their iPhones with warnings. The worst part about these invites,\u00a0is that if you \u201cDecline\u201d them, it only floods your calendar with even more invites, as the spammer understands that it\u2019s a legitimate\u00a0Apple ID. So, if you\u00a0have been annoyed by these pesky\u00a0invites, worry not,\u00a0<strong><em>here is how you can stop iCloud Calendar spam invites:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"delete-the-icloud-calendar-spam-invites-you-already-have\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Delete\u00a0the iCloud Calendar Spam Invites you Already Have<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The first logical step, is to clear up your calendar, and delete all the spammy invites you have received. To do this, just follow the below steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Launch the Calendar appon your iPhone, and tap \u201cCalendars\u201d on the bottom of the page. Tap on \u201cEdit\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20605\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20605\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20605\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/calendars-edit.png\" alt=\"calendars-edit\" width=\"640\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/calendars-edit.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/calendars-edit-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">calendars-edit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li>Tap on \u201cAdd Calendar\u201c, and create a new calendar for the spam invites. Give it any name you want, I\u2019m choosing \u201cObliviate\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20608\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/add-new-calendar.png\" alt=\"add-new-calendar\" width=\"640\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/add-new-calendar.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/add-new-calendar-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">add-new-calendar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Now, tap on the Spam event you want to delete, and then tap on \u201cCalendar\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20619\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tap-on-spam-event-and-calendar.png\" alt=\"tap-on-spam-event-and-calendar\" width=\"640\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tap-on-spam-event-and-calendar.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tap-on-spam-event-and-calendar-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">tap-on-spam-event-and-calendar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Change the calendar for the spam eventto \u201cObliviate\u201d. Go back to the home screen, and\u00a0tap on Calendars\u00a0(at the bottom of the page) again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20623\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20623\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20623\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/change-calendar.jpg\" alt=\"change-calendar\" width=\"640\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/change-calendar.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/change-calendar-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">change-calendar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li>Tap on the \u201ci\u201d aka info icon next to \u201cObliviate\u201d. Then, scroll down, and tap on \u201cDelete Calendar\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20607\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20607\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/delete-spam-calendar.png\" alt=\"delete-spam-calendar\" width=\"640\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/delete-spam-calendar.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/delete-spam-calendar-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">delete-spam-calendar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once you delete the calendar, any spam invites you added to it will be deleted, and the spammer will not get to recognize that you deleted their invites. So, there will be no more flood of spam invites in your calendar.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"block-future-calendar-spam-invites\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Block Future Calendar Spam Invites<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>While we succeeded in deleting the spam invites without illuminating the spammer about our valid ID, it still doesn\u2019t mean that we won\u2019t ever receive any more of these. So, if you don\u2019t need\u00a0to get flooded with a greater amount of these spam invites, here is how you can\u00a0prevent them from coming in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Log into\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/icloud.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iCloud.com<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on your Mac. You should do this from a desktop web browser, and not from your iPhone. Click on \u201cCalendar\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20610\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/icloud-calendar.png\" alt=\"icloud-calendar\" width=\"640\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/icloud-calendar.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/icloud-calendar-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">icloud-calendar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Then, click on the \u201csettings cog\u201d icon in the bottom left of the screen, and click on \u201cPreferences\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20621\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20621\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/settings-cog-preferences.png\" alt=\"settings-cog-preferences\" width=\"250\" height=\"285\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">settings-cog-preferences<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li>In the Preferences, click on\u201cAdvanced\u201d,and\u00a0under the\u00a0\u201cinvitations\u201d\u00a0section, select the radio button next to \u201cEmail to xyz@yourappleid.com\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20643\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20643\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/send-invites-as-email.png\" alt=\"send-invites-as-email\" width=\"601\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/send-invites-as-email.png 601w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/send-invites-as-email-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/send-invites-as-email-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/send-invites-as-email-65x65.png 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">send-invites-as-email<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This will forward all of your event invitations to your email ID. While this doesn\u2019t mean that\u00a0you will not get the spam invites, however, your email provider will automatically filter out the invites that look like spam, and will only notify you of the genuine invitations.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"get-rid-of-icloud-calendar-spam-invites\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Get rid of\u00a0iCloud Calendar Spam Invites<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Now that you know how you can delete spam invites, and prevent future ones from flooding your notifications, you should go right ahead and follow these steps to free your calendar from the spam.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to stop iCloud Calendar Spam Invites -Mobile &#8211; With Black Friday, and Cyber Monday deals, iPhone users have been treated to something <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1791,51208,46018],"tags":[55602,55368,61620,61627,61629,61633,61630,61631,55332,61614,61615,61617,55333,37893,55328,55341,55338,61625,61619,61628,61637,61634,55608,61616,61636,61622,55601,61618,61623,61613,55587,61624,55594,55612,55604,61612,61621,61626,61638,55593,55613,55596,61639,61611,55611,55606,61635,55598,55334,55603,55605,61632],"class_list":["post-20583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","category-apple","category-mobile","tag-apple-icloud","tag-apple-icloud-account","tag-apple-icloud-id","tag-apple-icloud-login","tag-apple-icloud-login-page","tag-apple-icloud-sign-in","tag-apple-login-icloud","tag-apple-scams","tag-create-an-icloud-account","tag-create-icloud","tag-create-icloud-email","tag-create-icloud-id","tag-create-new-icloud-account","tag-icloud","tag-icloud-account","tag-icloud-account-create","tag-icloud-account-sign-up","tag-icloud-apple","tag-icloud-apple-id","tag-icloud-apple-login","tag-icloud-com-email","tag-icloud-com-mail","tag-icloud-com-sign-in","tag-icloud-create-account","tag-icloud-email","tag-icloud-email-login","tag-icloud-id","tag-icloud-id-check","tag-icloud-id-login","tag-icloud-id-sign-up","tag-icloud-login-email","tag-icloud-login-id","tag-icloud-mail","tag-icloud-mail-login","tag-icloud-mail-sign-in","tag-icloud-mail-sign-up","tag-icloud-new-account","tag-icloud-setup","tag-icloud-sign","tag-icloud-sign-in","tag-icloud-sign-in-mail","tag-iphone-icloud","tag-junk-email","tag-keyword-icloud-sign-up","tag-log-into-icloud","tag-login-icloud","tag-mail-icloud","tag-my-icloud","tag-new-icloud-account","tag-sign-in-icloud","tag-sign-into-icloud","tag-what-is-junk-mail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}