Calendar entries missing after iOS 26 update

Updated to iOS 26 last night. All my calendar entries except a random few disappeared. I’ve tried several recovery strategies, but no luck. Is anyone having this serious issue? Tried restoring from iCloud and re-sync, no good


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iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 26

Posted on Sep 17, 2025 4:32 PM

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Posted on Oct 8, 2025 4:37 AM

A follow up to my previous message:

I restored my phone from my pre-iOS 26 backup. Apart from a couple of minor hiccups that went smoothly and all my calendar data has returned (yay!).


Never restored a phone from a backup before so it surprised me that:

  1. The restored phone had iOS 26, not the iOS it had when I backed up.
  2. I had to re-download quite a few apps, even Apple ones, but not lost any of their data.


A final comment. Like some others have commented, I also had a storage space problem when I first downloaded iOS 26. After I downloaded the iOS, WhatsApp told me there was insufficient space on the phone, so I removed a big pile of photos (I archive them on an external drive).

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Oct 8, 2025 4:37 AM in response to Ray Russell

A follow up to my previous message:

I restored my phone from my pre-iOS 26 backup. Apart from a couple of minor hiccups that went smoothly and all my calendar data has returned (yay!).


Never restored a phone from a backup before so it surprised me that:

  1. The restored phone had iOS 26, not the iOS it had when I backed up.
  2. I had to re-download quite a few apps, even Apple ones, but not lost any of their data.


A final comment. Like some others have commented, I also had a storage space problem when I first downloaded iOS 26. After I downloaded the iOS, WhatsApp told me there was insufficient space on the phone, so I removed a big pile of photos (I archive them on an external drive).

Oct 7, 2025 6:18 AM in response to oborocks

I restarted my phone and still all shared family calendar entries are gone. Luckily still on my Ipad! I guess I will have to manually go in and re-enter all these. I can’t figure out a way to add this calendar unless anyone else has a suggestion to retrieve the information.

my husband deleted me from the invitation and then resend an invitation through iCloud. I accepted it what it says is that I can only use this on a tablet or on a computer it does not give me the option of using it on my iPhone anymore so it sounds to me like this is a Apple problem

Oct 2, 2025 1:48 PM in response to oborocks


iPhone 11

Yes, same thing happened to me. Updated yesterday (01/10/2025) to iOS 26, and calendar now completely blank of data. I haven't tried recovering yet; I was hoping to get an answer here.

I backed up before the update, to my Mac Mini, but I don't know if I can just restore the Calendar or do I have to restore the whole phone then start again. I don't use iCloud to back up.


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