How to Go to Any Date Quickly in Google Calendar

By

Heinz Tschabitscher

Updated on October 11, 2021

Reviewed by

Jon Fisher

Google Apps

What to Know

Go to Settings > Settings > General > Keyboard shortcuts and select the check box to turn on keyboard shortcuts.
In Google Calendar, type G and enter the date to which you want to go.

Here's how to jump to a certain date in your Google Calendar to quickly review a past or future event or appointment.

Google Calendar used to have a Jump to section under its Labs feature, but this was eliminated after the Calendar update in 2017. Now, the process to go directly to a certain date involves turning on keyboard shortcuts to activate the Go to feature.

How to Go to Any Date in Google Calendar

To go to a certain date in Google Calendar on the desktop, you'll first need to enable keyboard shortcuts to activate the Go to feature, which lets you go to any date.

Going to a specific date is possible only with Google Calendar on the desktop, not its mobile app.

Open Google Calendar on your desktop.
Select the Settings menu (the gear icon in the upper-right corner) and then select Settings from the drop-down list. This puts you into the Settings options.
In the General menu on the left, select Keyboard shortcuts.
Select the checkbox to enable Keyboard shortcuts.
Exit settings to head back to your calendar.
In Google Calendar, type the letter G to bring up the Go to date box.
Type in your desired date and pree Go, and Google Calendar will bring up that date.

Go to Any Date Using Year View

Another option is to switch Google Calendar to a yearly overview, allowing you to quickly go to any date.

Open Google Calendar.
On the upper-right side, select your current view. For example, if you're viewing your calendar by week, this will say Week.
Select Year from the options.
You'll now see your Google Calendar in yearly form, making it easy to select a certain date.

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