Events in New Outlook can not be edited, deleted, or created - events sent by others cannot be accepted.

Anonymous
2024-11-06T18:02:01+00:00

This problem is solely with the calendar with no other features appearing to be impacted. Whether the event has invited attendees or is solely meant for the personal calendar it will pop up with the same error message of " Something went wrong. We couldn't save your calendar even. Waiting a bit might help. Keep your calendar event open to try again later. Resume editing"

Waiting a bit does not help, nor does trying to resume editing. It's been 2 full straight work days and I keep getting this error when making or editing an event. If I try to delete an event it just reappears a moment later.

I have tried clearing the outlook cache, restarting the computer, going to settings>apps>installed apps>outlook and repairing, resetting, and terminating. Web outlook for the new outlook refuses to synch to the desktop app and so does not work as a workaround.

I did not create this email so I don't have admin abilities to do anything that requires permissions and there is no one in the office with the permissions either. Using classic outlook is also not an option because like I said I don't have admin permissions and its just full of popups if I try to open it.

The only thing that has shown some promise is going to outlook settings>accounts>manage IMAP>remove>remove from this device>uninstalling outlook>redownloading outlook from Microsoft store>logging in with IMAP.

When I do this I am able to edit, delete, create, and invite attendees to events but only for 20 minutes and then the error starts up again and it's just not realistic to go through that entire process EVERY TIME an event needs to be made or edited.

As of 11/13/2024: After more than a week of this issue an update appears to have been released and things seem to be working so far after I did this

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On the bottom ribbon of your computer you'll see a magnifying glass and a tab that says search. Click that and type: "Check for Updates"

Which will open the Windows Update page in your settings and the update will likely be there in which case your can click the restart button.

I updated and my Outlook seems to be working as normal again with editing, deleting, and creating events.

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Anonymous
2024-11-09T01:28:57+00:00

Hi blancheRV,

Thank you for your reply.

We found that some users did encounter this situation, so we are also actively counting these users who encountered the situation. I can understand how you feel that you can't use this function now, I didn't reply to you in time about this situation before, for which I deeply apologise, and I hope to get your understanding. Of course, if there is any progress on this issue, I will contact you promptly. Your opinion is very important to me.

In order to let other users know about this issue directly, could you mark this reply as ‘Yes’ so that users who are experiencing the same problem are aware of the situation, thank you.

Best Regards

Vivian - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-23T04:49:19+00:00

    So it has been over two months and there is still no solution to this? This is unacceptable for a paid product.

    ok, not that I should be doing your QA but:
    Switch back to the old Outlook by toggling the switch on the top right.
    The even will be gone in the old Outlook.
    Switch back to the "new" Outlook by toggling the same switch again.
    The even will now be gone in the new Outlook.

    This only works if you want to delete the event and not for editing.

    And for me this only happens for recurring events.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-18T18:37:30+00:00

    Have the same issue, there is no Windows update pending, checking everyday. I have not been able to update the events I created for weeks, every time I tried would freeze the app and eventually popped up a message asking if I want to terminate or continue waiting. Very frustrating!

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-14T22:35:31+00:00

    This is happening to me too and reading through these, it's not clear what we need to do to fix it. Calendar will not let me edit events already set up (I set them up). Thank you

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