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Coloured Labels and Time Insights in Google Calendar

  • Jan 30, 2024
  • 1 min read

To review how you spend your time, you can assign colour labels to your Google Calendar entries and track them with the ‘Time Insights’ feature.


Step #1 - To change the colour of an event in your Calendar, right-click and choose a colour


Screenshot of the Google Calendar screen when you have right clicked on an event and can colour code it or add a label

Or you can do this when creating an event



Screenshot of an event in Google Calendar highlighting the option to add a coloured label


Step #2 - To categorise the colours, use the ‘Add Label’ option


Step #3 - Add the Label names and choose their colours, then select ‘Save’



Screenshot of coloured labels with subjects


Step #4 - You can now add a label to a Calendar entry by right-clicking on it, or while scheduling a meeting



Screenshot of Google Calendar event showing the named label with the assigned colour


Step #5 - View your Time Insights in the bottom left of your Google Calendar screen and click 'More insights' to see a detailed breakdown



Screenshot of Google Calendar Time Insights screen showing a pie chart of time spend according to the assigned coloured labels


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