---
title: "How to Create an Additional Calendar in Outlook"
url: https://lookeen.com/blog/how-to-create-an-additional-calendar-in-outlook
lang: en
description: "Using multiple calendars in Outlook can sometimes be very helpful. We will show you how to easily create a calendar in Outlook."
author: "Ben Golling"
published: 2016-04-08T13:09:11+00:00
modified: 2026-11-11T06:02:28+00:00
---

# How to Create an Additional Calendar in Outlook

Your workday likely also begins with coffee, reading your emails, and taking a look at your calendar. Always keeping track of appointments for the coming days and weeks greatly frees up mental space. Most companies rely on Microsoft Outlook for email and calendar management. Therefore, in this blog post, we will show you how to create one or more calendars in Outlook.

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## Outlook: How to Create a New Calendar

Outlook was designed to make many aspects of your daily life easier. It naturally follows that most operations should be executable with as few clicks as possible. Therefore, creating a new calendar in Outlook can be done quite easily. Even if you do not use Outlook as an email client, you can still access many other features of the software. However, it is certainly beneficial to [use Outlook additionally as your email client](https://lookeen.com/blog/set-up-an-email-account-in-outlook/), for example, to share events and appointments with other participants via email. To create a new calendar in Outlook, simply follow these steps:

1.  Open Outlook and click on the calendar icon located at the bottom left. This will open the calendar view.

2.  Again on the left side, you will find an entry labeled **„My Calendars“**. Directly below it, you will find the item “Calendar”. Right-click on **„Calendar“** to open a dropdown menu.

![Create New Calendar Outlook](https://lookeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/So-erstellen-Sie-einen-zus%C3%A4tzlichen-Kalender-in-Outlook-Neuer-Kalender-e1460380703535-1.jpg)

3.  Select the item **„New Calendar…“** from this dropdown menu. Another window will open, this time labeled “Create New Folder”. In this window, you must enter a name for your new calendar. Note that under “Folder contains items of type:”, it must also be set to “Calendar”.

## Possible Error Messages and Creating Additional Calendars

If you receive the error message “The folder cannot be created. Calendar, task, and contact folders cannot be created in Exchange ActiveSync accounts”, your only option is to create a new calendar on [Outlook.de](https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=12&ct=1460364899&rver=6.4.6456.0&wp=MBI_SSL_SHARED&wreply=https:%2F%2Fmail.live.com%2Fdefault.aspx%3Frru%3Dinbox&lc=1031&id=64855&mkt=de-DE&cbcxt=mai) It will then be imported into your Outlook. Of course, you can also continue working with the default calendar.

The new calendar should now be listed on the left side under “My Calendars”. To create additional calendars in Outlook, simply repeat steps 1-3 as described. The features of the Outlook calendar are diverse. You can read how to use them after creating a new calendar in this article. How to create a group calendar is explained here.