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Oppo: Show or Hide Birthdays in Calendar

Birthdays from your contacts do not always show up in the calendar app on an Oppo phone, even though the dates are stored correctly in your Google account. Usually the birthday calendar layer is just switched off or the sync has not caught up yet. This affects anyone who wants a quick overview of upcoming birthdays without opening the contacts app separately.

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Show or Hide Birthdays in Calendar auf Oppo

Birthdays only appear in the calendar app if two conditions are met. First, the contact with the birthday date must be saved in a Google account linked to the phone. Second, the birthday layer inside the calendar settings has to be switched on.

Coloros manages this layer separately from the contacts themselves, so a contact can have a stored birthday and still stay invisible in the calendar view if the toggle is off.

Where to find the birthday toggle

Open the path Tap on CalendarOpen the MenuTap on SettingsTap on BirthdaysEnable or disable Contacts. Turning this switch on pulls birthday data from every linked Google account and displays it as a recurring yearly event.

Turning it off hides all birthday entries at once, without deleting any contact data. This is useful if you use a separate app for reminders and want a cleaner calendar view.

If a birthday is missing right after enabling the toggle, give the sync a few minutes. The calendar app pulls data from Google in the background and does not always update instantly, especially after adding a new contact or changing an existing birthday.

If birthdays still do not show up after waiting, check that the contact is actually saved under the Google account and not only locally on the device, since local-only contacts are not included in this sync.

Frequently asked questions

The contact is likely saved as a local phone contact instead of being linked to your Google account. Only contacts synced through Google appear in the calendar birthday layer.