Windows phone 8 turn off birthday reminders

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Published by www. Developed by www. And my device keeps reminding me I should send a note saying "Happy birthday". Sure I can dismiss them, but I was wondering if there was a way I could select for which friend do I want to get notification? Or at least if there is an option to completely disable reminder?

Edit: Microsoft has re-branded the Calendar UI. I have modified instructions below without updating the screenshots. The good news is yes, you can disable notification for birthday reminders that are coming from Facebook.

You cannot do this from within the calendar app but you can do it by using your Windows Live Calendar. The steps:. Once you have logged in, on the top right beside your name, there is a gear icon below you name, there is an "Options" link.

Click on it and then click Options. As you can see under "Notifications" you can change whether you get reminders on your phone- it is quite flexible. Now, if you want to be able to still get reminders for some people but not all then you can add a calendar with birthdays added only for the people you like and enable reminders for those people :.

Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. It seems that whenever or at least often I make a change in the Contact for instance, changing the person's phone number , Outlook automatically creates an event in my calendar for the person's birthday or anniversary.

I would prefer that Outlook NOT automatically create these calendar events. How can I prevent Outlook from automatically creating these birthday or anniversary calendar items? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Raju S Das.

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