Google Calendar Gray Weekends

Color weekends (or any other day) in Google Calendar

Color Weekends in Google Calendar - Chrome Extension

"Google Calendar Gray Weekends" is a Chrome extension that customizes your Google Calendar by adding a light gray background to weekends, helping you easily identify them among weekdays. This user-friendly tool is simple to use and is currently available in English only. Check out the source code and report any bugs at https://github.com/msteffen/gcal-gray-weekends.

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By: msteffen.developer

Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.68

(22)

Version: 0.2.0 (Last updated: 2024-12-23)

Creation date: 2019-04-29

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage

Size: 12.07K

Email: ms*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 19,057 ▲ 236

Other rankings

#7628 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 17 #28 in google calendar keyword 34 ▲ 5 #37 in calendar keyword 31 ▲ 10 #85 in week keyword 11 ▲ 36 #229 in developer keyword 62 ▲ 12

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Extension summary

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Gives the days of the week their own background color in Google calendar. By default, this sets the background color of "Saturday" and "Sunday" to light gray and leaves weekdays white.

Very simple, and currently English only (it has English week day names hard-coded). Source is at https://github.com/msteffen/gcal-gray-weekends, where you can report bugs as well.

User reviews

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Pros

Simple to install and activate
Effectively grays out weekends in Google Calendar
Helps prevent scheduling mistakes on weekends
Works seamlessly on Windows
Multiple users express satisfaction with the effectiveness

Cons

Doesn't work on Mac for some users
Some users express frustration that this feature isn't a default option in Google Calendar

Most mentioned

Works well on Windows
Not functional on Mac
Simple and effective
Helps avoid scheduling errors

User reviews

Brilliant idea and Simple to activate. This should be an optional setting within Google Calendar, without needing an extension. Kudos to the developer.