sync Facebook birthdays calendar

Earlier Facebook used to be full of active and genuine members. No doubt, now also, it has such users, but most of them are shifted to some other social platforms and they mostly use Facebook to remember friends’ birthdays. Facebook is a social platform that helps you to connect with people and friends. It offers you various advantages and lets you know about several pieces of information such as job offers, global and domestic news, and of course upcoming events.

Though Facebook gives you a notification on the birthday of any of your friends in your friend list, it is good to import them on the Google calendar so that you cannot skip wishing them first. If you are not aware of how to import all your friend’s birthday lists to google calendar, we are here to provide you with a detailed view of importing Facebook birthdays to google calendar.

Importing Facebook Birthdays To Google Calendar Using Chrome Extension

Previously it was easy to import Facebook birthdays to the Google calendar. You were only required to copy the birthday URL by selecting the upcoming event section, and then adding the URL to the Google calendar by marking it as the friend’s birthday. But now the latest version of Facebook does not support this process, so it is required to use another way to import and export the birthdays using Chrome extension.

Follow the given steps to add the birthdays to your Google calendar effortlessly.

Download the birthday calendar importer or exporter for Facebook.
Open it on the browser and click on the “Add to Chrome” option.
Also, open your Facebook profile and go to the friends’ birthday list to get them exported to the Google calendar.
Now, go to the top right corner of your browser and click on the extension icon. A birthday calendar tool will appear, select it to freeze the extension on your browser.
Once you have added an extension, you must click on the “start scanning” button
It may take a few seconds to scan according to the number of friends present in the friend list on your Facebook account.
After scanning is done, a small bar will be displayed on your screen. Click on the preview option to do a recheck of the birth dates in the calendar view.
When you see everything is fine, you can click on the “Generate” option to import and download the birthdays in the Google calendar.
The pop-up window that appears on the next page will have a menu called Export Birthdays as ICS.
Tap on this menu and then tap on the Generate and Download buttons.
Doing this will give you an ICS file with the birthdays of all your Facebook friends.
Now, you are required to create a new Google calendar by selecting the ‘+’ icon. Tap on the Create calendar button to create a new calendar. Give this calendar a new name and add a description to it.
Once you have completed this step, tap on the import and export button on the sidebar.
Select the “Select File From Your Computer”. And now choose the birthday list that you have exported from your Facebook account.
After this, select the “Add to Calendar” button and search the calendar that you have created with the Facebook birthdays.
Now tap on the import button to add all the Facebook birthdays from your account to your Google Calendar.

How Can We Delete And Update Facebook Birthdays On The Google Calendar

The steps mentioned above will only help you in exporting and importing birthdays. So it will not be any good when you add new friends on Facebook as the list does not get updated automatically. And if you try to scan and upload the imported file, it will just make duplicates of the existing entries. Therefore, you need to delete all the existing birthdays on your calendar to add the new ones. So here are some steps using which you can delete all entries from your Google Calendar and update it with the fresh ones.

Tap on the Birthday Calendar Exporter extension attached on your browser.
In the pop-up window that appears next, select the Calendar Generator option located at the bottom.
Select the Delete Imported ICS option on your Google Calendar.
Tap on the Generate and Download buttons.
After clicking this button the ICS file will start to get downloaded. Now import this file into your Google Calendar by following the steps mentioned above.

These steps will delete all the previously imported birthdays on your calendar from Facebook. And now you can rescan the birthdays on your Facebook and import these new birthdays to your calendar.

Conclusion

So these were the steps that you can use to import birthdays from your Facebook account to your Google Calendar. However, if you already have imported birthdays in the past, ensure that you delete all the existing entries using the steps mentioned above to avoid repetition. Once you have imported the birthdays, you will get timely reminders on your Google Calendar regarding the same and you won’t be missing the birthdays of your friends and family.