How to get an ICS link from Outlook, Google Calendar or iCloud

Last updated: August 31, 2026

An ICS link (also called an iCal link, a calendar subscription or a webcal address) is a web address that publishes your calendar as a feed. Any app that can read the feed, Brieva included, sees your meetings without needing your password or an add-in. This page shows where each calendar hides the link.

• Outlook (Microsoft 365, work or school)
• Outlook.com (personal)
• Google Calendar
• iCloud
• Paste it into Brieva
• If the option is missing

Outlook (Microsoft 365, work or school)

The Outlook desktop app for Mac does not publish calendars; the option lives in Outlook on the web, which uses the same account.

1. Open outlook.office.com in a browser and sign in.
2. Click the Calendar icon in the left bar.
3. Click the Settings gear (top right), then Calendar, then Shared calendars.
4. Under Publish a calendar, choose the calendar (usually “Calendar”) and set the detail level to Can view all details, so meeting titles and descriptions come through.
5. Click Publish. Two links appear: an HTML link and an ICS link. Copy the ICS one.

Source: Microsoft support, “Share an Outlook calendar as view-only with others”, checked 31 August 2026.

Outlook.com (personal)

1. Open outlook.live.com and go to Calendar.
2. Settings gear, then Calendar, then Shared calendars.
3. Under Publish a calendar, pick the calendar and Can view all details, then Publish.
4. Copy the ICS link.

Google Calendar

1. Open calendar.google.com on a computer (the phone app does not show this setting).
2. In the left list under My calendars, hover over the calendar, click the three dots, then Settings and sharing.
3. Scroll to Integrate calendar.
4. Copy the link under Secret address in iCal format. Do not use the “Public address”; the secret one works without making your calendar public.

Source: Google Calendar Help, “Sync your calendar with computer programs”, checked 31 August 2026.

iCloud

iCloud offers only a public link, which anyone who has the address can read. The address is long and random, so it is not discoverable, but treat it like a password and prefer a calendar that holds only your meetings.

1. Open icloud.com/calendar and sign in, or use the Calendar app on your Mac.
2. Next to the calendar name, click the share icon.
3. Turn on Public Calendar, then Copy the link.
4. The link starts with webcal://; Brieva accepts it as is.

Source: Apple iCloud User Guide, “Share a calendar on iCloud.com”, checked 31 August 2026.

Paste it into Brieva

1. Open Brieva, then Settings.
2. Paste the link into ICS Subscription URL and click Test Connection. Brieva fetches the feed and tells you how many meetings it found.
3. Save. From then on Brieva checks the link every five minutes and picks up new meetings, changes and cancellations; recurring meetings expand into their occurrences.

ICS feeds rarely carry the full attendee list. To fill it in, drag the event from Outlook onto its tile in Brieva: the attendees, organizer and description are copied across. More on the meeting context section.

If the option is missing

• Outlook has no “Publish a calendar”. Your organisation’s administrator has turned calendar publishing off. Ask IT to allow it for your mailbox, or use a personal calendar for the meetings you want Brieva to see.
• Google shows no “Secret address”. On a Google Workspace account the administrator can hide it. Ask them to allow calendar sharing outside the organisation, or use a personal Google calendar.
• Test Connection fails. Paste the link into a browser tab: it should download a small file (or show calendar text). If it asks you to sign in, the link is not a public feed; go back and copy the ICS or secret address rather than the calendar’s page URL.
• Meetings are missing. Outlook publishes a limited window (typically a few months back and forward); Brieva shows what the feed contains. Check the detail level is “Can view all details”, otherwise titles show as “Busy”.

Other questions are on the FAQ and the support page, or email support@brieva.app.