Convert Lotus Notes Calendar to ICS or ICalendar – Easy Steps

In this article, we discuss about exporting calendars of IBM Notes to iCal, ICS, Google Calendar, Yahoo calendars, Outlook Calendars, Apple Calendars, etc. Several times, users need to export calendars from Lotus Notes emails client. To access Lotus Notes calendars out of Lotus Notes, it needs to extract Lotus Notes calendar to ICS file format. Before moving to the solution, let us know the reasons for this conversion.

Reasons to export Lotus Notes calendars to ICS

iCalendar or ICS is a standard format used to store calendar entries. When you have calendars in Lotus Notes, you can access them inside it, but to access Lotus Notes calendars in Google Calendar, Yahoo calendar, Outlook, etc. one need to export Lotus Notes calendars in ICS file format.

How to export calendars from Lotus Notes to ICS?

In order to export Lotus Notes calendars to iCalendar, users have many solutions. A user can choose manual solution or they can go for third-party tools.

Export Lotus Notes to ICS Manually

1. First of all, open Lotus Notes application on your system.
2. Click on calendar button.
   
   
   
3. Click on View and then calendar entries in the list.
4. Now view all the entries that you want to export and choose an option to "File" after that "Export"
   
   
   
5. Select ICS in Save as Type.
6. SelectCalendar File (.ics) in Save as type.
   
   
   
7. Go the location where you want to save the file.
8. Click Export button.
   
   

Alternate solution to export calendar entries from IBM Notes

To export calendar entries from Lotus Notes to ICS file format, manual solution is not feasible in all cases. However, single calendar entry is exported to ICS from Lotus Notes at a time using manual solution. Moreover, manual solution is too time-consuming. Therefore, we have come up with an effective way to export calendars of Lotus Notes to ICS named Softaken Lotus Notes calendars to ICS Converter.

With this software, one can easily export Lotus Notes calendars to iCalendar (.ics) file format. It is equipped with amazing features. Some of the highlighted features of this application –

1. Instant and safe export facility
2. Export single or multiple folders at once
3. Preview added NSF calendar items
4. Support all editions of Lotus Notes
5. Error-free and smart export without any data losses
6. Free demo to know the utility prior investing

Steps to export Lotus Notes calendars to ICS

1. Download and Install the software on your Windows system.
2. Select single NSF file or NSF folder option and Browse NSF file.
3. Choose an option under export options.
4. Click the Browse button and provide a location to save ICS file.
5. Click Start Process button.

Concluding Lines

With this informative blog, one can easily export IBM Notes calendars to ICS file format. Users can choose any of the solutions as per their choice. However, with manual solutions, users face some kind of issues but the third-party tool is well tested by experts and with its simplified interface, using this application is too easy for all.