# The new Location field is not being passed through to the .ics / Google calendar export **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-new-location-field-is-not-being-passed-through-to-the-ics-google-calendar-export/378672 **Category:** Bug **Tags:** events, fixed **Created:** [August 14, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-new-location-field-is-not-being-passed-through-to-the-ics-google-calendar-export/378672 "2025-08-14T23:56:21Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1
### Author: ![nathank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nathank/32/290039_2.png) [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank) #### Post date: [August 14, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-new-location-field-is-not-being-passed-through-to-the-ics-google-calendar-export/378672/1 "2025-08-14T23:56:21Z")
This is a brilliant new feature: > [@date Event Location/Description](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-location-description/371606): > > You can now add a location and a description to an event. The location is a mono-line text field (supports auto-linking) which will be displayed with a location pin icon: [Screenshot 2025-06-25 at 10.23.21] The description is a multiline text field (supports auto-linking + line breaks) which will be displayed at the end of the event with no icon: Info: The URL field will still … However, I’ve noticed that the .ics and the Google Calendar downloads / sharing are not passing the new Location field through to the corresponding Location fields in the destination calendars. Here is the discussion history: > [@Calendar plugin should offer ical export and caldav](https://meta.discourse.org/t/calendar-plugin-should-offer-ical-export-and-caldav/312279/13): > > > [@Calendar plugin should offer ical export and caldav](https://meta.discourse.org/t/calendar-plugin-should-offer-ical-export-and-caldav/312279/12): > > > > Please also note that the Location field (which is kind of critical for Events via .ics) isn’t currently being passed through > > That is a bug, let’s make sure there is a dedicated bug topic for it --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-new-location-field-is-not-being-passed-through-to-the-ics-google-calendar-export/378672)._