How to export outlook.live.com Calendar?

Anonymous
2016-08-08T19:00:11+00:00

I would like to export my outlook.live.com Calendar to a non-Microsoft app.

Instructions that I have found by searching suggest doing a File -> Export, but when I have selected my outlook.live.com Calendar (tab) I don't have an Export choice in my browser's (Firefox) File menu.

Trying this with I.E. I see a File -> Import and Export.... menu item, but the 'Import and Export' wizard appears to only allow me to export Favorites, Feeds, or Cookies.

Do I mis-understand how to access the Export function?   Or, has the procedure changed?

Thanks for any guidance.

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Brian Tillman [Outlook MVP 2007-2019] 25,925 Reputation points
2016-08-08T21:21:58+00:00

The File>Import & Export advice is for Office Outlook, the mail client you install on your PC. It has nothing to do with Outlook.com's calendar.

Log into your calendar and select Options gear>Options>Publish. Right-click the ICS URI and choose "Save target as". This will give you an ICS file you can import into another program, provided that program can import ICS files.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-10-27T16:30:30+00:00

    Please, do you remember exactly how you do that? I have added Outlook.com account to Office Outlook, but Calendar not synced.

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  2. Brian Tillman [Outlook MVP 2007-2019] 25,925 Reputation points
    2016-10-27T02:22:08+00:00

    > the MS sync software deletes all but the past two weeks' entries on the 'phone and allows no user

    > control over this

    There should be settings for the Calendar app on your PC that allows you to control the sync time length. On my iOS device it's under Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars>Sync in the "CALENDARS" section. On my Android device it's under Settings>Accounts>Corporate>Account Settings>account name>Calendar sync range

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-10-26T20:41:03+00:00

    There is a workround. I synced Outlook.com to Office Outlook ( in this case Outlook 2013 ) running on my pc. I have forgotten how I made the sync but I think I probably just added the Outlook.com account to Office Outlook. From Office Outlook you can export a CSV file ( there is no ICS option ). Other software, like Google Calendar, can import a CSV file OK. I now have a successful three-way sync between my win 8.1 'phone, Outlook.com and Office Outlook without duplication. The only problem is that although there are ten years' entries on both the Outlooks, the MS sync software deletes all but the past two weeks' entries on the 'phone and allows no user control over this. Of course this is not the answer to the error in Outlook.com.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-10-26T17:00:12+00:00

    I don't think so... :-( it's a very annoying problem and should be threated as very important. It will become more annoying because, from what i see, is threated as NO IMPORTANCE by Microsoft.

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