Editing and Deleting Events
Plans change. A meeting moves, a practice is cancelled, or you entered the wrong time. PrimeCal makes it easy to update or remove events — and gives you fine-grained control over what happens when the event is part of a recurring series.
Editing an Event
To edit any event:
- Click the event in Month view or Week view. A small card opens beside it with the time, place, calendar and notes.
- Click Edit to open the full editor. (In the agenda and on a phone there is no card to attach, so the editor opens straight away.)
- Update any fields — title, time, calendar, color, notes, location, labels, or recurrence.
- Click Save.
Want a second event like this one? Click Duplicate on the card: the editor opens with the same title, calendar, time and details, ready to change and save as a new event.
Your changes apply immediately and the calendar updates in place.
If you close the editor (Cancel, the close button or Esc) with changes that have not been saved, PrimeCal asks whether to Discard changes or Keep editing; with nothing changed, it closes at once.
In Week view you can drag an event to a different time slot to reschedule it without opening the modal. Drag the bottom edge of the event block to extend or shorten its duration.
Deleting an Event
- Click the event to open its card.
- Click Delete.
The event disappears from your calendar immediately and a confirmation appears in the corner with an Undo button. Click it and the event comes back with all its details (as a new copy: comments on the old one are not restored).
You can also delete from the full editor: Delete Event asks you to confirm in a small dialog before anything is removed.
A repeating event's card offers Edit and Duplicate but not Delete: removing one occurrence, the following ones or the whole series is a decision the editor asks you about, so delete it from there.
Undo is there for a few seconds after you delete. Once the confirmation has gone, treat deletion as final; if you delete something by mistake later, it's often still recoverable for a limited time through Support Contact — but don't rely on that.
Editing and Deleting Recurring Events
When you click on an event that belongs to a recurring series, PrimeCal asks you which part of the series you want to affect:
| Option | What it changes |
|---|---|
| This event only | Only the specific occurrence you clicked. The rest of the series is unchanged. |
| This and all following | The occurrence you clicked, plus every future occurrence in the series. Past occurrences are unchanged. |
| All events | Every occurrence in the series, past and future. |
When to use each option
"This event only" — use this when something exceptional happens on one day. For example, Will's 9:00 am standup is moved to 10:00 am on Thursday because of a dentist appointment. He edits that Thursday only; every other weekday standup stays at 9:00 am.
"This and all following" — use this when the pattern changes going forward. For example, Noah's basketball practice moves from 4–6 pm to 5–7 pm starting next month. He (or May) edits "this and all following" from that date, so older entries in the calendar history stay accurate.
"All events" — use this when you made a mistake setting up the series. For example, May created "School Drop-off" with the wrong end time across the whole series. She edits "all events" to fix every occurrence at once.
Example: Will Moves a Deep Work Block
Will has a recurring "Deep Work Block" every weekday from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm on his Work calendar (blue). He has a doctor's appointment on Wednesday July 9 that runs until 11:30 am.
- Will clicks the "Deep Work Block" event on Wednesday July 9.
- He clicks Edit.
- PrimeCal asks which events to update — he selects This event only.
- He changes the start time to 11:30 am and the end time to 1:30 pm for that day.
- He clicks Save.
Every other Deep Work Block in the series stays at 10:00 am–12:00 pm. Only Wednesday July 9 shows the adjusted time.
Example: Cancelling a Recurring Event Permanently
Sue's ballet class every Tuesday and Thursday ends at the close of the school year on June 27. May opens the last "Ballet Class" occurrence, clicks Delete, and selects This and all following. All Ballet Class events from June 27 onward are removed; the past calendar history of Sue's classes stays intact.
Editing a Single Field Quickly
If you just need to rename an event or move it by a few minutes, you don't have to open the full modal. Click the event, then click the title text or time displayed in the popover — in some views these are editable inline.
Only the calendar owner and users with write access can edit or delete events. If you can see an event but cannot edit it, you have read-only access to that calendar.