Send and receive invitations in Calendar on iPad
In the Calendar app , send and receive meeting and event invitations. iCloud, Microsoft Exchange, and some CalDAV servers let you send and receive meeting invitations. (Not all calendar servers support every feature.)
Invite others to an event
You can invite people to an event you’ve scheduled.
Tap the event, then tap Edit near the top of the screen.
Tap invitees, then enter the names or email addresses of people you want to invite, or tap
to select Contacts.
Tap Done.
If you don’t want to be notified when someone declines a meeting, go to Settings > Calendar, then turn off Show Invitee Declines.
Note: With Microsoft Exchange and some other exchange servers, you can invite people to an event even if you’re not the one who scheduled it.
Reply to an event invitation
To respond to an event notification, tap it.
Or, in Calendar, tap
, then tap an invitation.
Tap your response—Accept, Maybe, or Decline.
To respond to an invitation you receive by email, tap the underlined text in the email, then tap Show in Calendar.
If you add comments to your response (comments may not be available for all calendars), your comments can be seen by the organizer but not by other attendees. To see events you declined, tap , then turn on Show Declined Events.
Schedule a meeting without blocking your schedule
You can add an event to your calendar without having the timeframe appear as busy to others who send you invitations.
Tap the event, then tap Edit.
Tap Show As, then tap Free.
Suggest a different meeting time
You can suggest a different time for a meeting invitation you’ve received.
Tap the meeting, then tap Propose New Time.
Tap the time, then enter a new one.
Tap Done, then tap Send.
Quickly email attendees
You can email all attendees of an event—for example, to share event details.
Tap an event that has attendees.
Tap Invitees, then tap
.