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title: "Calendar settings"
slug: "calendar-settings"
updated: 2026-08-13T16:01:02Z
published: 2026-08-13T16:01:02Z
canonical: "totara.help/calendar-settings"
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# Calendar settings

The following settings can be changed by a Site Administrator in *Quick-access menu > Appearance > Calendar.*

Click **Save changes** to save your settings.

| **Setting** | **Description** | **Notes** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Calendar type | The Site Administrator can choose a default calendar type for the whole site here (the default is Gregorian). | Trainers can override the calendar type via *Course administration > Edit settings* and individuals can edit their calendar type within their user profile. |
| Admins see all | Specify whether Site Administrators see all calendar events or just those that apply to themselves. | This is set at the site level and cannot be overridden by an individual Site Administrator. |
| Time display format | Choose whether a 12- or 24-hour format is used in time specific events. | This setting can be overridden by individual via their profile within [user preferences](/totara-20/docs/user-preferences). |
| Start of week | Select the first working day of the week. |  |
| Weekend days | Select the non-working days of the week. | Weekend days are shown in a different colour. |
| Days and events to look ahead | This setting determines how many days and events are listed in the **Upcoming Events** block. | If the **Upcoming Events** block becomes too long you can reduce the number of days and events to look ahead. |
| Enable calendar export | When enabled users will be able to export their calendar entries and configure external calendar applications to consume calendar events directly from Totara. | Calendars can be exported into systems such as Outlook and Google Calendar. |
| Enable custom date range export of calendar | Enable custom date range to be defined when exporting calendars. | - |
| Days to look ahead and back | A custom range of dates, such as a term or year, may be set as a calendar export option. | - |
| Calendar export salt | The calendar export salt is a random string of characters used for improving of security of authentication tokens used for exporting of calendars. | - |
| Show source information for iCal events | If enabled, the subscription name and link will be shown for iCal-imported events. | - |

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