You can quickly change calendars, show and hide calendars, edit calendar and event colors, and customize your theme in Cron.

Calendars

Set default calendar

• Click on the square next to your calendar’s name in the left-hand Cron menu.
• In: Settings > Calendars > Default calendar.

Show and hide calendar

• Find your desired calendar in the left-hand Cron menu and click on the eye icon to show/hide this calendar. (If your Cron menu is closed, press ``` or the menu icon in the top left-hand corner of Cron to open the Cron menu.)
• Press Ctrl/⌘ K > Show/hide calendarName. This is useful for quickly toggling multiple calendars off/on.

<aside> 💡 To hide all but one calendar, hold Alt/option while clicking on the eye icon to the right of a calendar in the left-hand Cron menu.

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Change calendar

1. Select an event on your grid.
2. Select a calendar in the right-hand context panel.

Rename calendar

To change a calendar’s name, first select a calendar in the left-hand Cron menu. Then edit the calendar’s Name field in the right-hand context panel.

Reorder calendars and accounts

You can drag to reorder calendars and accounts in the left-hand Cron menu. Note that this ordering will be reflected in the calendar dropdown in the right-hand context panel.

Subscribe to a new calendar

It’s not yet possible to subscribe to a new calendar from within Cron. Any calendar that you subscribe to in Google Calendar will be added to Cron.

Change calendar color

• Right-click on the calendar in the left-hand Cron menu and select a color.
• Click on the calendar in the left-hand Cron menu and select a color in the right-hand context panel.

Events

<aside> 💡 Events in Cron are autosaved. If you add participants to an event, they will not see the event until you select “Send invite”.

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<aside> 💡 To quickly open an event in Google Calendar, select an event, and press Ctrl/⌘ K > Open selected event in GCal.

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<aside> 💡 Certain events may be uneditable. This could be because you aren’t granted edit permissions or there is a Google API limitation preventing changes in Cron. If so, you won’t be able to edit certain fields. You may see buttons like “Edit original event” or “Propose new time” that link to Google Calendar.

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Collapse/expand all-day section

You can collapse/expand the all-day section by clicking on the two arrows in your zone column or pressing Ctrl/⌘ K > Collapse all-day section or Expand all-day section.

Change event color

• Right-click on the event and select a color.
• With an event selected press Ctrl/⌘ K > Change color of selected event.
• With an event selected press E then C. You may need to press esc before E then C to unfocus another field.

Event locations

You can quickly add/remove a location from an event.

1. Select an event.
2. Edit the Location field in the right-hand context panel.

Show/hide declined events

You can hide/show declined events by pressing Ctrl/⌘ K > Show declined events or Hide declined events.

RSVP to events

• Right-click on an event, then select your RSVP status.
• Select an event, then change your RSVP status in the “Yes | No | Maybe” row in the right-hand context panel. Note that if you are the organizer of an event, your RSVP status is “Yes” by default and you need to press the arrows to the right of your name to show your “Yes | No | Maybe” row.

<aside> 💡 If an event has been auto-merged and you want to RSVP from one of the merged calendar accounts, hide the other calendars. Then, you’ll be able to RSVP from the remaining visible calendar.

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Change free/busy and event privacy

With an event selected:

• In the right-hand context panel, select “Busy” or “Free”.
• In the right-hand context panel, select “Default visibility”, “Public”, or “Private”.

Email participants

With an event selected:

• Press E then E to email event participants.
• Right-click on the event, then select “Email participant(s)”
• Click on the ... menu in the top right-hand corner of the context panel and select “Email participant(s)”

<aside> 💡 If you’re using Outlook on Windows, you may need to enable using commas as separators for multiple email participants. https://www.lifewire.com/commas-to-separate-email-recipients-1173680

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Mark participant as optional

With an event selected:

• Add a participant in the right-hand context panel, then click on the ... menu and select “Mark optional”.

Themes

You can select light or dark mode in Cron.

• Settings > Calendar > General > Theme.
• Press Ctrl/⌘ K > Set theme.

Username

You can change your username in cron. Your username will be visible when you share scheduling links: cron.com/yourUsername

• Settings > Account > Username.

Creating and Editing Events

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