Permanently delete Facebook Birthday entries
I had a similar problem with my last two phones (Storm and Storm2) and I rectified it, but upon following the same process, it hasn't worked on my Bold 9900.
The Situation:
I have Facebook application installed and I have unchecked the options to link to Calender and Messages, however I have the Contacts option checked because I like the fact that it updates the photos from Facebook to my linked BlackBerry contacts.
The Problem:
It seems to be that by linking the contacts, it also uses the contacts' birthdays from Facebook and so it creates hundreds of entries of all my Facebook friends' birthdays in my BlackBerry calender. I have two calenders: my default (the one that I sync with Outlook) and the Facebook one (the one that simply contains Facebook birthdays that I want permanently deleted).
What I Want:
I want to permanently delete this Facebook calender and all its entries with it. However, I want to keep my Contacts linked with Facebook because, as I say, I like the fact that it updates the contacts' pictures. I have done it before and its worked, but it is not seeming to work with the Bold right now.
What I Have Tried:
I tried this process previously on my other two BlackBerries which worked:
- Download Facebook Application.
- Uncheck Calender and Messages options.
- Manually delete all Facebook birthday entries from Facebook Calender (you can view just the Facebook calender).
- Delete Facebook [CICAL] service book.
- Sync as normal with Desktop Manager.
- Then go to Backup/Restore and delete ALL Facebook entries.
- Re-sync with Desktop Manager and you will only have your one Calender with all your entries!
This worked with my Bold, but only for a few hours. Merely hours later, my Calender was then inundated with a plethora of Facebook birthday entries again.
Is there any way to permanently delete the Facebook [CICAL] service book?
Thanks for reading and your help!
Permanently delete Facebook Birthday entries
Originally Posted by
bigbamboo Okay, I took the plunge and merged my calendars - and the Facebook birthdays are gone and I have rebooted and the Facebook CICAL has not reappeared. I'm happy, but might have somehow got lucky - if you want to try it, bear in mind that the operation to merge calendars can't be undone (although I can't really see a big risk to that either way.) Good luck...
Thanks for the post bigbamboo! Could I ask you to post back in a few days with an update of how it is treating you? It's just that I am still on holiday for another week or so.
Also, what has actually happened since you merged your calendars? Were there any downfalls, or have you just lost the Facebook birthday entries? Do the birthday entries now not just show up in your main calendar now?
Did you rid your Bold of all of the Facebook [CICAL] entries prior to consolidating your calendars?
If it's not too much trouble, could you give me the checklist of what you did?
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