User level: Level 1 (5 points)I updated to iOS 27.2 and now my calendar events are all gone. I have an iPhone 16 and was using the calendar on my iPhone - not on iCloud and I didn’t have a backup on iCloud. Can I get my events back? I feel like an update should NOT have erased data from my iPhone.
Posted on Nov 6, 2026 5:07 PM
User level: Level 10 (244,490 points)Nov 6, 2026 6:16 PM in response to Chesch123
Calendar events “belong” to your email server(s), the contacts on your iPhone are synced from your email server.
First step: Open the Calendar app and tap on the calendar icon at the bottom of the screen. This is a list of the calendars viewable in the app; make sure all of your calendars are checked.
Next: Go to Settings/Apps/Calendar/Accounts and make sure your accounts are turned on and Calendar specifically is turned on.
If the calendar is specifically an iCloud calendar, see: iCloud: Restore contacts, calendars, and more in iCloud Settings
User level: Level 10 (244,490 points)Nov 6, 2026 6:34 PM in response to Chesch123
Chesch123 wrote:
I’ve done this. The calendar is turned on but the events are all gone. Unfortunately I didn’t have my calendar synced to iCloud, I didn’t even know this was an option. I’ve never had an issue like this prior to this recent update
Did you also check the email accounts?
And if you don’t sync to iCloud and don’t do backups you are courting disaster. Sooner or later your phone will fall in a toilet, get thrown under a bus, lost, or stolen. And without backups you will lose everything.
User level: Level 7 (26,777 points)Nov 10, 2026 5:22 PM in response to Chesch123
You are not the first one having this issue with iOS 27.2. I've seen other users using the "On my iPhone" location (instead of iCloud) losing their events with this update.
I've reported the issue to Apple. Please also submit a report so that this issue gains visibility: Feedback - Calendar - Apple.
User level: Level 1 (5 points)Nov 6, 2026 6:22 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
I’ve done this. The calendar is turned on but the events are all gone. Unfortunately I didn’t have my calendar synced to iCloud, I didn’t even know this was an option. I’ve never had an issue like this prior to this recent update
User level: Level 1 (5 points)Nov 6, 2026 6:49 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
Ok so it sounds like it’s just gone then. I don’t understand how an update is allowed to delete data from my phone, I think that’s ridiculous. I will start syncing to iCloud now I guess, I never thought about it before and didn’t know it was an option. Didn’t need it before now! Thanks for your response
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256389999