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iOS 18.0 Adds Calendar Icon Next to ALL All-Day Events!

Somebody at Apple decided that it would be a good idea to add a bright colorful calendar icon next to each and every all-day calendar event, as part of the update to the Calendar app in iOS 18.0.


It looks equally ridiculous and distracting on both my iPhone and iPad. And there is no way to turn it off or remove it. I would have to update each and every birthday, holiday, all day event, etc. with a specific time frame in order to remove that icon. I have hundreds of all-day calendar entries, that would be a monumental and time consuming task.


I rely upon those all-day events to show me the important stuff for the day, whether they are actual all-day events or not. They are presented to me right on top, in List view on all of my devices, which is the only view that I really use. Those all-day events are up there for a reason, but they are not always the only or most important event of any given day, and now they are going to be a big distraction.


I left feedback for Apple on the Support site. I would suspect that more people are going to complain about this as iOS 18.0 continues to get rolled out and installed.

iPhone 15 Pro

Posted on Sep 16, 2024 3:14 PM

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Posted on Sep 26, 2024 4:28 PM

THIS!!!!! This is horrible for me!!! I use my calendar for all kinds of things and not having a visible second field to show in the month view is horrible!!! Why would they take a feature like that away?! I pray they fix this in future updates because needing to click every event to see the location field notes is driving me crazy!!!

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Sep 23, 2024 9:33 PM in response to clayhalo

It’s just the general font size overall. I had mine on the largest apparently. I was adding things to my control panel and I noticed the font control, so I added it and when I did I realized my font was on the largest size so when I made it smaller everything got smaller and now there is much more room on my calendar. I wish you could change the font size on individual apps though because now if I want more room on my calendar everything else has to be smaller too. Its the oblong white block with Aa on it named text size.

Sep 24, 2024 6:25 AM in response to mlb32704

mlb32704 wrote:

Per my initial post, I’ve already done that. My experience in submitting feedback to Apple Support over the past 30+ years is that they really don’t care. They don’t really pay attention to feedback submitted by customers.

There are numerous examples that show they do. For example, last year when they change the way you select watch faces, there was a concerted feedback campaign. Apple changed it within a couple of months (maybe less).

These Discussions seem to yield greater results. There is strength in numbers voicing issues indirectly back to Apple, as well as Users coming up with workarounds to issues that Apple won’t address.

Apple doesn't read here so complaining here, while perhaps cathartic, is unlikely to effect any real change.

The reality is that Apple does whatever it wants to, and if it decides to change this functionality, they will on their terms and timing. It is what it is.

That is the way Apple has always been.

Oct 7, 2024 6:02 AM in response to mlb32704

It's horrible idea. Waste of space, always needed, and it serves nothing.It occupies room in the calendar and on the lista of daily events on the left. Pls take that thing off. I'll probably look for another calendar. Who had this idea?? There are other things to be fixed bfr playin with an unusefull icon and "all day" or the tinme of the event.

Nov 7, 2024 6:21 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

Count me as one more longtime fan of Macs who'd really love the option to turn off the icons added by Sequoia to the beginnings of all-day events. It's a visual distraction and a waste, at least as far as my workflow is concerned, of screen real estate.


Let people who like the icons use them, and let people who don't like them turn them off!

Sep 27, 2024 7:18 AM in response to Winters1986

Winters1986 wrote:

THIS!!!!! This is horrible for me!!! I use my calendar for all kinds of things and not having a visible second field to show in the month view is horrible!!! Why would they take a feature like that away?! I pray they fix this in future updates because needing to click every event to see the location field notes is driving me crazy!!!

You can let Apple know your thoughts on the matter here:


Product Feedback - Apple


Meanwhile, there are hundreds, probably even thousands of other calendar apps available.

Oct 4, 2024 9:27 AM in response to clairegor

clairegor wrote:

Yes, what "genius" did this? Bonus points for design over practicality...daahh

That's a matter of opinion. Yours is different than Apple's.

why not make it possible to turn it on of off in calendar preferences?

Because Apple generally doesn't do that. You can let Apple know your thoughts on the matter here:


Product Feedback - Apple


Meanwhile, there are hundreds, probably even thousands of other calendar apps available.

Oct 7, 2024 8:19 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

IdrisSeabright wrote:


alexfon wrote:

It unnecessarly uses space we need for good reading/access and less populated. The events displayed on the calendar itself remain narrower and barely can be read. Pls eliminate that!!!
No one participating here in this forum can change anything. You can let Apple know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

Please consider submitting feedback per IdrisSeabright’s suggestion and link above. That is the only way to get Apple to listen and potentially take action based on user input. Thank you.

Nov 7, 2024 7:04 AM in response to dcgthetfordvt

dcgthetfordvt wrote:

Count me as one more longtime fan of Macs who'd really love the option to turn off the icons added by Sequoia to the beginnings of all-day events. It's a visual distraction and a waste, at least as far as my workflow is concerned, of screen real estate.

Let people who like the icons use them, and let people who don't like them turn them off!

Tell Apple:


Product Feedback - Apple


Or use a different calendar app.

iOS 18.0 Adds Calendar Icon Next to ALL All-Day Events!

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