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Use Colour Labels to Categorise your Events in Google Calendar

To review how you spend your time, you can assign colour labels to your

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.


The labels options shown by right clicking an event in Google Calendar

To categorise the colours, click the label or the + to add a new label option.


The labels option in google Calendar

Step 2 - If you clicked the + to add a new label, choose their name and colours, then select ‘Save’.


Your colour labels box in Google Calendar

Step 3 - You can add a label to a calendar entry by right-clicking it or while scheduling a meeting.


Step 4 - If you use colour labels, ‘Time Insights’ can be used to find out how you spend your time in meetings.


To get quick insights, hover over the ‘Time insights’ feature on the left-hand side of the calendar.


To get more detailed insights, select ‘More insights’.


Time insights feature in Google Calendar

To learn more about Google Calendar, book our live training course 'Increase Productivity in Google Calendar', which covers:

- Useful settings

- Scheduling tips

- Colour labels and Time insights

- Tasks in Calendar

- Setting up bookable Appointment schedules

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