iPhone | iOS 6.1 | How to Enable/Disable Facebook Events & Birthdays from Calendar app

Personally I don't like when Facebook invades my iOS "Calendar" or "Contacts".  I've already shown you how to remove those pesky Facebook friends from your iOS "Contacts".  But what about the iOS "Calendar" app.  The one other place on an iPhone where Facebook infests.

In the tutorial below, I will show you how to remove these two Facebook additions to iOS "Calendar" 

• “Facebook Events”
• “Friend Birthdays”.

Let's start with removing "Facebook Events."  There are two methods by which to do this.

To Remove Facebook Events: 2 Methods

Method 1: Turns it off within Calendar app

1. Go into the “Calendar” app

2. Click the “Calendars” button on the top left

3. Scroll down to “Facebook”

4. Uncheck “Facebook Events”

Now, when we go back to the Calendar view, the "Facebook Event" has disappeared.

Method 2: Turn it completely off.

1. Go into "Settings"

2. Scroll down and click on "Facebook"

3. Slide “Calendar” to the “OFF” position.

4. Go back into the "Calendar" app and click on "Calendars" in the top left corner. You'll see that the "Facebook Events" option is no longer available. The option within the Calendar app disappears.

Now lets get those pesky Facebook birthdays out of my calendar.

To Remove Facebook Birthdays: 2 Methods

Method 1: Turns it off within Calendar app

1. Go into the “Calendar” app

2. Click the “Calendars” button on the top left
3. Scroll down to “Facebook”

4. Uncheck “Birthdays”

5. And now all of the Facebook birthdays are gone.

Method 2: Turn it completely off.

1. Go into "Settings"
2. Scroll down and click on "Facebook"

3. Slide “Contacts” to the “OFF” position.

4. Go back to the "Calendar" app and click on "Calendars" in the top left corner.  Scroll down to where "Facebook" and you'll notice that the Facebook options have disappeared completely.

Please Note:
Subsequently, this also removes the Facebook Contacts from your “iOS "Contacts app" as is detailed in the previous tutorial.





Note:
Be aware that if you decide to re-enable Facebook events or birthdays after disabling it through "Method #2" be prepared to wait.  It will take a few minutes for the Facebook Birthdays to propagate back into your calendar.  But you'll know they are there when you go into "Calendars" app and click on the "Calendars" button at the top left of the screen.  If you see "Facebook Birthdays" then you are ready to go.