Stop spam events landing in Google Calendar with Gemini's step-by-step fix
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A poster shared the fix Gemini gave them for spam invites showing up in Google Calendar: change 'Add invitations to my calendar' from everyone to only known senders or only after responding, and turn off automatically adding events from Gmail.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Stop unwanted events from being added to my calendar automatically. Fill in before running: - Calendar app and device: [e.g. Google Calendar on web] - What the spam events look like: [DETAILS] Rules: - Give the exact settings path for my calendar app, step by step. - Explain what each setting changes so I don't miss real invites. - Tell me how to remove the spam events safely without clicking links in them. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: Numbered steps for the settings change and cleanup. You'll know it worked when: new spam invites stop appearing and real invites still arrive.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Stop unwanted events from being added to my calendar automatically. Fill in before running: - Calendar app and device: [e.g. Google Calendar on web] - What the spam events look like: [DETAILS] Rules: - Give the exact settings path for my calendar app, step by step. - Explain what each setting changes so I don't miss real invites. - Tell me how to remove the spam events safely without clicking links in them. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: Numbered steps for the settings change and cleanup. You'll know it worked when: new spam invites stop appearing and real invites still arrive.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Stop unwanted events from being added to my calendar automatically. Fill in before running: - Calendar app and device: [e.g. Google Calendar on web] - What the spam events look like: [DETAILS] Rules: - Give the exact settings path for my calendar app, step by step. - Explain what each setting changes so I don't miss real invites. - Tell me how to remove the spam events safely without clicking links in them. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Warn me not to click links or reply to the spam invites, since that confirms my address. Output: Numbered steps for the settings change and cleanup. You'll know it worked when: new spam invites stop appearing and real invites still arrive. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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https://x.com/shhhbreslin/status/2105362454683205844
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