How To Find the Owner of a Google Secondary Calendar and Transfer Ownership

Overview

This article provides instructions for finding the owner of a Google secondary calendar that you access in the Google Calendar App and transferring ownership if needed. The management of Google secondary calendars changed in 2026 and each secondary calendar now has one designated owner. Google automatically assigned the owner which may or may not align with your requirements for managing the calendar. If the calendar owner leaves your department and their account is deleted, the secondary calendar they own will also be deleted. To ensure that a shared calendar is not lost when the owner leaves the University, they should transfer ownership to someone else before their end date.

What is a Google secondary calendar?

A secondary calendar is any Google calendar that you create or a group calendar that is shared with you.

In the calendar settings under Calendar ID, it has an address that ends with @group.calendar.google.com
 

How do I find the owner of a secondary calendar?

Access your calendars on your computer to find the owner of a secondary calendar.

  1. On your computer, open Google Calendar
  2. On the left side of the page click My calendars
  3. Next to the secondary calendar you want to check, click the 3 dots to access calendar Options then select Settings and sharing
  4. Under "Shared with" the owner will have "Owner" listed next to their name.

Here is a sample of a secondary calendar with the Owner designation listed:

Sample of secondary calendar settings with owner designation visible.

 

How to Transfer Secondary Calendar Ownership

The owner listed in the secondary calendar settings can transfer the calendar to someone else by following these steps. Please note: 

  • Only the current calendar owner can transfer.
  • The new calendar owner must be a Binghamton University email user account.
  • Before transferring, share the calendar with the new owner's account by clicking the button "+ Add People and Groups"
  1. On your computer, open Google Calendar
  2. In the left side of the page, click My calendars
  3. Next to the calendar you want to transfer, click the 3 dots for Options, then click Settings and Sharing
  4. Under "Shared with", next to the person that you want to transfer the calendar to click the drop-down menu.
  5. From the drop-down menu select Transfer ownership.
  6. To confirm click Transfer ownership

Here is a sample of the Transfer ownership menu in a secondary calendar.

Sample of secondary calendar settings with Transfer ownership menu visible.

After you transfer a calendar to another owner, they get an email with a link. The new owner has 60 days to accept ownership, and you remain the owner until then.

As soon as the new owner accepts the transfer, your permission level for the calendar automatically changes to "Make changes and manage sharing".

 

If you would like assistance, please feel free to contact the Binghamton University ITS Help Desk at 607-777-6420 or Submit a Request, and we'll be happy to help.

 

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