The company says that as of 2024, it began listing only public holidays and national observances, not cultural and historical events.

Google Calendar has removed International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Jewish American Heritage Month from its default display in the United States, part of a broader removal of cultural and ethnic observances from the app.

The multinational has also drawn attention for its recent decision to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali (the highest mountain peak in the US) on Google Maps. Coinciding with the arrival of Trump to the US Presidency,

Also omitted is Indigenous Peoples Month, Hispanic Heritage Month and Holocaust Remembrance Day, according to social media users and product experts.

The affected cultural and identity-based holidays include the start of Black History Month (which the nation is currently celebrating), Women's History Month, Pride Month, Jewish American Heritage Month,