How do I migrate my calendar events to the new Outlook from Windows 10 calendar?

Update: Maybe a solution:

(If you have already installed Outlook, skip to steps 4 and 5 and export, then import whatever events you have in Gmails Google calendar (hopefully there are still some synced events there from old windows calendar)

1. In windows calendar click on the 'gear' icon at bottom left. A menu pops up on the right with 'Manage Accounts' as first selection.
2. Click on 'Manage Accounts' then click on your account.
3. A window for syncing windows calendar events with Gmails/Google calendar is provided. Click on that option to sync events. (This ensures all your events are saved.)
4. Then go to settings in Gmail's Google calendar and export Gmail's calendar events (those synced from windows calendar) to your PC's desktop or wherever you choose.
5. This should then be available to import once you have installed Outlook.

**I have yet to do the import because I have not yet installed Outlook. But if any of what Shollybee say's above is correct then Outlook should have an import option in it's settings for grabbing the calendar events you have exported and saved to your PC/Laptop.

IF THIS DOESN'T WORK THEN IT CAN'T BE DONE, IMMHO. Don't blame me ;-)

Hello Todd,

I have the same issue. Microsoft keeps nagging me to update to the new Outlook Calendar so I did and lost all my events. I restored Windows 11 to an earlier date to get my old calendar with all my events back. I followed their instructions above to no avail. I keep putting off the update, but they will eventually force it on me and I'll be screwed, and will have to reenter everything. Daily, weekly, monthy and yearly events. Thank you once again Microsoft. I have hard copied everything to my phone calendar to copy back, If I got it all.

I don't know why there wouldn't have been an option to merge/import events on previous calendars as soon as the new opens. This is very time consuming to expect the consumer to take the time when you could have created something that was seamless, something that had an option that says, would you like to import to the new Outlook from Windows.

very disappointed and dissatisfied

Agree. My calendar is full of daily, weekly, monthly and annual reminders. When I installed the new Outlook nothing was there. So I restored a windows backup back in time to get my windows calendar back with all my entries. Don't know why (kinda do, they do it for their needs/wants not ours) they always gotta be messin with what ain't broke on our end. This ain't new and improved(?). I will not install the new and improved(?) Outlook til they force it on me or fix it to work for my current needs. Period. BTW, the look of the Outlook calendar is ----. Now, if I don't know what I am doing, I'd love for them to show me so I can move on from this boondoggle. Given a choice I have always stayed away from anything "Outlook". I think they just want everybody using that brand. Seems the only thing they respond to is lawsuits.

i.e. I have never had any need or desire for Office 365 so I always uninstalled their solicitations for it. Now it is permanently and forever sitting in settings (Windows 11) with no way (that I can find) to get rid of it.

You lie! As all the other people have posted, there is NO option for exporting the calendar under settings. It's another sham from Microsoft because they know that they can do anything they want because there is no other operating system to choose from. Us consumers get the short end of the stick. Thanks for nothing.