How to manage recurring events during a clean-up

WipeAway FAQ·2 min read·Updated July 2026

Recurring events are one of the main reasons people use WipeAway — they are time-consuming to delete individually in Google Calendar and WipeAway handles them automatically. This guide explains exactly what happens and how to manage them effectively.

What WipeAway does with recurring events

When you run a WipeAway deletion:

  • All past occurrences of recurring events before your cut-off date are removed
  • Occurrences on or after your cut-off date are preserved
  • The recurring series itself continues — WipeAway does not delete the master event or affect future occurrences

Example

A weekly team meeting that has been running for 2 years and is still ongoing. You set a cut-off date of 1 January 2025. WipeAway removes all occurrences before 1 January 2025. The series continues — the meetings from 1 January 2025 onward are untouched.

If you want to remove an entire recurring series

Set your cut-off date far enough in the future to include all instances of the series. For a recurring event that ends next month, setting the cut-off date to next month's end date removes all instances, including future ones.

Be careful with future cut-off dates on active recurring series. If the series is still ongoing and you want to keep future meetings, set the cut-off date to today or a past date — not a future one.

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