Kickserv jobs on your techs’ Google Calendars — without duplicates
The schedule lives in Kickserv. Your crew lives in their phone calendar. Make them agree.
Why this pairing matters
Techs and managers check Google Calendar on their phones, not Kickserv. When the two disagree, someone shows up at the wrong house or not at all. The obvious fix — turning on every sync option — usually creates the opposite problem: duplicate events, events that won’t delete, and calendars nobody trusts. This pairing is less about connecting and more about connecting in one clean direction.
What syncs, and which direction
| Data | Direction | When |
|---|---|---|
| New job / appointment | Kickserv → Google Calendar | When scheduled; lands on the assigned tech’s calendar |
| Time or date change | Kickserv → Google Calendar | On reschedule; the same event moves, no new copy |
| Technician reassignment | Kickserv → Google Calendar | Event removed from old tech, created for new tech |
| Cancellation | Kickserv → Google Calendar | Event deleted, not left as a ghost |
| Job address, customer, notes | Kickserv → Google Calendar | In the event body, with a map link |
| Edits made in Google Calendar | Not synced back | By design, to prevent loops; Kickserv stays the source of truth |
What breaks without it
- Double events after every reschedule
- Techs go to cancelled jobs that still show on their phone
- Office manually copies the day’s jobs into shared calendars
- Two-way sync loops that multiply events overnight
- Managers stop trusting the calendar and call techs instead
What it saves
- No more morning “where am I going today?” calls
- Reschedules reflected on the tech’s phone in minutes
- Cancelled jobs actually disappear
- One source of truth for the schedule
- Less time spent cleaning up calendars
How we build it
Audit the current calendars
We look at existing sync settings, shared calendars and duplicate events, and document what’s causing them before changing anything.
Choose one direction
Kickserv becomes the only source of truth. Two-way sync is turned off, and techs get their own calendar for Kickserv jobs, separate from personal events.
Connect and clean up
We set up the sync per technician, remove the old duplicates in bulk, and map job details into the event.
Test the edge cases
Reschedule, reassign, cancel and multi-day jobs are tested on a live account before the crew relies on it.
Included in the Pro plan (one integration per quarter), or as a standalone build. Standalone build: $2,000, one fixed price confirmed after your free audit, plus monitoring and fixes from $750/mo. Compare plans.
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Questions owners ask
Why do we get duplicate calendar events?
Usually because the sync is running in both directions, or two separate sync methods are running at once. Each sees the other’s event as new and copies it.
Can techs edit the job from Google Calendar?
We recommend against it. Changes should happen in Kickserv so billing, dispatch and customer notifications stay right. Calendar is for viewing.
Will this touch my techs’ personal calendar events?
No. Kickserv jobs go to a dedicated calendar that sits alongside their personal one and can be turned on or off.
Can the office see everyone’s schedule in one view?
Yes. Each tech’s Kickserv calendar can be shared to managers, giving a combined view in Google Calendar.
What if we’re moving off Kickserv soon?
Tell us in the audit. If a migration is under a few months away, we may recommend a lighter setup so you don’t pay twice.
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