If you want to cancel an event entirely, it's best to follow these steps to remove the event from your event page, and ensure registrants cannot access the event environment day-of.
Unpublish the event
This will remove the event from the front end of your community
This will stop all automated emails from sending
This will NOT remove the Google Calendar invite from registrants' calendars
If you'd like to leave the event unpublished, but remove the calendar invite from appearing on attendees' calendars, sign into the Google Calendar and delete the event from that calendar.
2. Export attendees
Follow these steps to export registrants from the Attendees tab
It's important to do this BEFORE deleting the event as all attendee information will be lost from the dashboard when deleting
3. Delete the event
Follow these steps to delete the event entirely from the dashboard
This will remove the Google Calendar invite from registrants' calendars
No automated notification or email will be sent to registrants
4. Optional: Send notification to all registrants that the event is being canceled
Using the exported attendee list, communicate the cancellation via your email provider or communication system