What is the S Planner (calendar) and how do I use it?

Please Note: that the Calendar app is an updated version of the S Planner app which will come pre-installed on your device.


The icons and screen may differ slightly from the illustrations below depending on your device, operating system and theme.


The Samsung Calendar (S Planner on older devices) is a calendar application that enables you to synchronize your calendars to your Galaxy device so that everything is immediately and easily accessible. You can create and modify appointments right from your device, and any updates made are automatically synchronised. The Calendar allows you to sync calendar events with several email addresses, invite attendees, set reminders, add locations and more.

 

To add a new event, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Tap the add icon
4 Add the event title
5 Tap on the Start and End times to set the time and date, or select all day
6 Select the date and time, then tap Done or Save. If you don't see this screen, skip to step 7
7 If you have more than one account set up, select the calendar you want to use
8 Depending on your device, your event can be customised with the following:

Reminder - displays a notification reminder 10 minutes before your event starts.

Location - allows you to add the location of your event.

Notes - allows you to add notes to your event, for example: don't forget the birthday cake.

Repeat - sets up a recurrence for a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly event.

Invitees - allows you to send your event to your contacts email address. 

Show me as - blocks the event out in your calendar to show you as busy or available.

Visibility - makes the event private, allowing only you to see the event or public, allowing anyone with access to the calendar to see it.

9 Once finished, tap Save

To edit an event within your calendar, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Tap the date
4 Tap and hold the event, then tap Edit. Depending on your device, you may need to tap the edit icon before proceeding.
5 You can now make changes to your event
6 Tap Save

To enable or disable your notifications, you will need to: 

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Choose More or the menu icon (this may be displayed as three dots)
4 Tap Settings

The below steps will show you how to set the view for your S Planner (calendar) app to show by day, week, month or year.

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Choose View or date view
4 Choose the time period you wish to view. For this example, we have selected Year
5 From here, you can see your year's events. If you want to view a specific month or other period, choose that period to see that view.

To set up a recurring event, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Tap an existing event or the plus icon
4 Tap Repeat

If you have opened an existing event, you will need to tap View more before choosing Repeat.

5 Choose when you would like the event to repeat
6 If you need to add an end date to your event, tap Duration
7 Tap the back icon
8 Tap Save

If you are setting up a new event, remember to complete the event before choosing Save

To sync a Google account, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Choose More or the menu icon (this may be displayed as three dots)
4 Choose Manage calendars or Calendars
5 Choose Add account, you may need to scroll down for this
6 Choose Google
7 Enter your email address and follow the on-screen instructions

To sync an Outlook account, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Choose More or the menu icon (this may be displayed as three dots)
4 Choose Manage calendars or Calendars
5 Choose Add account, you may need to scroll down for this
6 Choose Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
7 Enter your email address and password and follow the onscreen instructions

If your still experiencing problems syncing your Outlook account, please visit the Microsoft office support page for more information.

To sync a Facebook account, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Choose More or the menu icon (this may be displayed as three dots)
4 Choose Manage calendars or Calendars
5 Choose Add account, you may need to scroll down for this
6 Choose Facebook, then follow the on-screen instructions

Please Note: that you will need to have a Facebook account on your device.


Please note: that it is not possible to make any changes to the colour palette.


To change the event colour, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Tap the date of the event you want to change
4 Tap the event
5 Tap the palette icon (on some devices this may appear as a square of colour)
6 Choose the colour you'd like to use
7 Tap Save

To change the privacy of an event, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Tap the date of the event you want to change
4 Tap the event
5 Tap the edit icon. If you do not see this screen, skip to Step 6
6 Tap Visibility or Privacy. Depending on your device you may need to tap More options before choosing Visibility or Privacy
7 Choose the privacy setting you would like
8 Tap Save

Please note: that you need to have the Calendar or S Planner synced with an email address, and the people you want to invite need to be saved in your contacts list with valid email addresses attached to their profile.


Follow the below instructions to invite people to an event.

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Tap the date
4 Tap the event
5 Tap View more
6 Tap invitees or Contacts

If you have the email address saved, you will need to tap contacts.

If you need to type the email address, tap invitees

7 Tap the contact you want to invite, then tap Done
8 Tap Save
9 An invite will be sent to your chosen email address

To view who has accepted the invite, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Tap the date
4 Tap the event
5 Tap Details
6 The responses to your invite will be displayed

To unsync your calendars and accounts, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Choose More or the menu icon(this may be displayed as three dots)
4 Choose Manage calendars or Calendars
5 Use the slider or untick to unsync the chosen account
6 Use the rest of the sliders or untick to unsync the chosen account

If you are using the calendar app, you will need to remove all event individually.

 

To clear or remove all events using S Planner, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap Settings
3 Tap Apps, Application manager or Applications
4 Tap S Planner (some devices will need to scroll to All at the top of the screen)
5 Tap Storage
6 Tap Clear Data

Please note: that this will only remove events that have been saved to the Calendar. If your calendar has been synced with Google for example, you will need to delete the events individually.


To remove or clear all events that are saved to my calendar, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap Settings
3 Tap Apps, Application manager or Applications
4 Tap menu (this may show as three dots)
5 Tap Show system apps
6 Tap Calendar storage
7 Tap Storage
8 Tap Clear Data
9 Tap Delete
10 Tap the back icon
11 Tap the back icon again
12 Tap Calendar
13 Tap Storage
14 Tap CLEAR DATA
15 Tap Delete
16 Return to your home screen
17 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
18 Tap Calendar
19 Any events that were saved to My calendars have been removed.

If you still have events showing in your calendar it could be because your calendar has synced with your email, Facebook or Samsung account. Please visit unsyncing calendars and accounts for more information on how to do this.

To remove an event, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Tap the date
4 Tap the event
5 Tap Delete or the delete icon
6 If this is a recurring event, you will now be given the option to delete just this event or to delete all recurring events. If you do not see this screen, skip to step 7.
7 Tap Delete again

To enable or disable the Auto Sync feature, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Choose More or the menu icon (this may be displayed as three dots)
4 Choose Manage calendars or Calendars
5 Use the slider or tick or untick to enable or disable the auto sync feature.
6 Use the rest of the sliders or tick or untick to set your default account. Only the account that is selected will show.

Please note: that your account will need to be activated before you can proceed. Please visit Enable or disable Auto Sync for more information on how to do this.


To set up a task, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Tap View
4 Tap Tasks
5 Tap the add icon this may show as a plus
6 Add the event title
7 Tap No due dateto set a date, then tap done
8 If you have more than one account set up, tap Tasks then select the account you want to use

If you choose an email address from the list, the task will turn into an event.

9 Tap Add reminder to set a time, then tap Done
10 Tap Priority, then choose your preferred option.
11 Tap Save
12 Your task will be displayed

To amend your task, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Tap View
4 Tap Tasks
5 Tap the task you want to amend
6 Once you've made your changes, tap Save

To share a task, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Tap View
4 Tap Tasks
5 Tap the task you want to share
6 Tap Share
6 Tap Calendar file (ICS)

Sending a task using a calendar file (ICS) will allow the recipient to see all the information of the task as you see it. If you choose to send a text, the recipient will only the see event title, due date and the priority.

7 Choose how you would like to share the task

Please note: that some of the displayed methods may not be compatible when sending an ICS file. A pop up screen will appear advising what your device has converted the file to and give the option to change these settings.


Depending on which format you have chosen, the below screen may differ.

8 Enter your recipients' details or select them from your contact list.
9 Tap the Send icon or Send

To remove a task, you will need to:

1 From the home screen, choose Apps or swipe up to access your apps.
2 Tap S Planner or Calendar
3 Tap View
5 Tap the task you want to remove
6 Tap Delete
7 Tap Delete again
8 Your task has now been removed

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