How To Synchronize Your Google Gmail Contacts and Calendars to Your iPad without using iTunes

September 7 · 174 comments

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1. Open the Settings application on your iPad’s home screen.

ipad home screen

2. Open Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

3. Tap Add Account…

add account ipad

4. Select Microsoft Exchange.

add exchange account ipad

5. In the Email field, enter the name of your account.

6. Leave the Domain field blank.

7. Enter your full Google Account email address in the Username field.

8. Enter your Google Account password in the Password field.

9. Tap Next at the top.

exchange ipad account

10. In the next window a Server field will appear. Enter m.google.com.

11. Press Next at the top again.

server name exchange ipad

12. Select the Google services you want to sync. Turn them on to sync and off not to sync.

13. Press Save at the top.

exchange google services account ipad

13. Press Sync twice when/if warned about data loss.

14. The select the option your would like with the Existing Local Contacts.

15. Then press Save at the top.

exchange account existing local contact ipad

To configure your Sync options, once your done; go back to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars and then Tap on the Account we just made to change the Mail Days to Sync options, etc.  I have mine set to one week.

However, your main default one will shows right now.  If you have multiple calendars you can allow syncing of these calendars via the Google Sync page.

  • On your iPad, open Safari and go to m.google.com/sync
  • Click on your Device and then choose the Calendars you want to sync.  Click on Save and your other Calendars will start syncing.

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  • anon

    Same issue for me; prompted for an Exchange password and it does not accept my Google account password.  Would appreciate help resolving that.

  • thEVANne

    I have the same problem as some here… The iPad seems to accept my password at first during the verification… But then a window kepps interrupting saying that my password for the exchange account is wrong… Though I’m sure I wrote the correct one for I did it ten times =)
    Hope this problem will solve itself quicly… I had to create a Yahoo adress just for my contacts (imported from my previous gmail adress). 
    Here, hope it’ll help some until we are able to resume synchronizing our gmail contacts : http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/contacts/basics/contactsbasics-11.html To import your contacts from gmail just go on the contact tab and press “import”. Works only on a computer though… 

  • Cvesci

    Thank you so much! Worked perfectly!!!!

  • Linda

    awesome… thank you.

  • Lisa Enever

    brilliant!  Thanks so much

  • Keithglass1

    Great instructions! Everyone else wants to send you through iTunes….

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  • Askar Wise

    Thank you so much, clear and most useful!

  • Jamie

    How long does it take to sync? I also didn’t have the option asked re local contacts (not that I have any)

    Cheers

  • Shannon

    Thanks so much. FYI my contacts synced automatically so I did not have to do the last few steps. Have a great day!

  • Vantage

    Dude, you are awesome! Thanks!

  • Bpmhp

    Set up as an exchange account does not sync gmail messages as read or flagged. Am I doing something wrong? If I set up account as a gmail account message read and flagged gets transferred to desktop.
    Thanks.

  • Ashyz87

    Thank you! Your instructions worked and they were easy to follow.

  • Mg2194

    I’ve tried this multiple times, and my contacts still do not sync.  Please help me!!!!

  • Peppyfahoome

    i went thru all the steps but when I got to  step 12, it did not allow me to do more and it said it was done. My contacts are not on my Ipad. I do have it hooked up to my computer that I want my gmail contacts to be synced. Is that what I did wrong? When I go back, it says there is an exchange account already so how do I get my contacts?

  • kisha

    You are awesome!! Thanks so much!!

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  • DavidZ

    thanks for the easy to follow directions – it worked like a charm

  • Jondough777

    Great instructions! Preciate the help

  • Kdsmith9393

    Excellent!

  • Lauriep518

    Thank you from the technical impaired!

  • Dtshields1

    Worked perfectly. Thanks for the clear instructions.

  • Cmaday

    Outstanding easy to use instructions worked perfectly!

  • J77H

    Thank you! So simple, and yet I couldn’t find instructions that worked anywhere else.

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