Google Calendar App past events

[Kainz]

Hopefully someone can clear this up for me as I find it very odd.

Like most, I use Google calendar and rely on it heavily. I primarily use the Web version and sync it up with my S8+ and the EventFlow widget.

On my phone earlier I decided to go back in time to 2016 in order to check some dates. It's all blank. I check the same date on the PC and it's packed with past entries. After doing some research it seems that G.Cal on Android only syncs back to 1 year. Is this correct or am I missing something very obvious here?

Tried a few other calendar apps with the same result.

 

[Big Elf]

Try setting your 'Days of emails to sync' in Gmail to a longer period.

 

[Kainz]

Yeah I tried 800 days but no luck. Both apps are updated but Calendar app still shows entries as far back as June 2017 only and no further.

 

[Big Elf]

Mine go back to middle of Feb 17 on 2 of my phones that I sync and stop abruptly mid-month.

Edit: I've just checked the help files and am even more puzzled as that says only 12 months is synced.

 

[BigBoy]

It's done to stop the database on the phone becoming to large and slow.