Delete calendar event using iCalendar file import (Outlook 2003 problem)?

Question

Is there a way for me to delete items from calendar by using iCalendar import?

I know that there is a METHOD:CANCEL, however when I tried it, it didn\'t do anything

Answer 1

I was struggling with this for a while.

As a few others have mentioned you must include the:

METHOD:CANCEL

and

STATUS:CANCELLED

lines of the VEVENT. The UID must be the same as the original event AND the SEQUENCE: number must be the CURRENT sequence number! (you do not need to add 1 from the last sequence number as cancelling the event does not count as an update).

I was having issues as I assumed that the cancellation counted as an update and was therefore incrementing my sequence number, but you do not have to!