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Coloured labels and time insights in Google Calendar

  • Jul 2, 2024
  • 1 min read

To review how you spend your time, you can assign colour labels to your Google Calendar entries and track them with the ‘Time Insights’ feature


Step 1 - To change the colour of an event in your Calendar, right-click and choose a colour


Screenshot of the Google Calendar screen when you have right clicked on an event and can colour code it or add a label

Or you can do this when creating an event


Screenshot of an event in Google Calendar highlighting the option to add a coloured label

Step 2 - To categorise the colours, use the ‘Add Label’ option


Step 3 - Add the Label names and choose their colours, then select ‘Save’


Screenshot of coloured labels with subjects

Step 4 - You can now add a label to a Calendar entry by right-clicking on it, or while scheduling a meeting


Screenshot of Google Calendar event showing the named label with the assigned colour

Step 5 - View your Time Insights in the bottom left of your Google Calendar screen and click 'More insights' to see a detailed breakdown


Screenshot of Google Calendar Time Insights screen showing a pie chart of time spend according to the assigned coloured labels

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