Google Calendar can control guest response emails for an individual event or recurring series. This is narrower than changing a calendar-wide email preference. Review the current behavior carefully, especially when guests use external calendar services whose RSVP tracking depends on that email channel.
Find the event-specific setting
On a computer, create or edit the relevant event. Inspect Get an email when guests respond and set it according to the meeting’s needs. Google’s current guidance says the option affects a single event or recurring series without changing global Calendar notification preferences.
Understand the consequences
Turning it off stops response emails such as acceptance, decline, or tentative notifications and automatic replies. The same guidance warns that RSVP statuses from third-party users, including Outlook users, are not received through that route.
For Google Calendar guests, you can still inspect acceptance states in the guest list. Do not generalize that remaining visibility to every external calendar provider.
Verify the intended workflow
Save and reopen the event to confirm the setting. Decide how critical external participants’ attendance will be checked if response emails are disabled. Use the appropriate communication process rather than assuming that an empty status proves no reply was sent. Keep this control separate from reminders before the meeting and from whether an invitation email was delivered. The correct setting should reduce unnecessary messages without removing response information that the organizer actually needs to coordinate the event reliably. Choose another appropriate coordination process when external RSVP tracking is essential.
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Reviewed against the linked official product guidance on November 4, 2026. Features, limits, screen labels, and access can vary by account, platform, region, and organization policy.