diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/activities/SettingsActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/activities/SettingsActivity.kt
index 911cadddf..8d8eadd55 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/activities/SettingsActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/activities/SettingsActivity.kt
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class SettingsActivity : SimpleActivity() {
         settings_google_sync_holder.setOnClickListener {
             if (config.googleSync) {
                 ConfirmationDialog(this, getString(R.string.google_sync_disabling), positive = R.string.ok, negative = R.string.cancel) {
-                    dbHelper.deleteGoogleSyncEvents()
+                    dbHelper.deleteAllGoogleSyncEvents()
                     toggleGoogleSync()
                 }
             } else {
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/asynctasks/FetchGoogleEventsTask.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/asynctasks/FetchGoogleEventsTask.kt
index f1ecf5ed0..eee19d805 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/asynctasks/FetchGoogleEventsTask.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/asynctasks/FetchGoogleEventsTask.kt
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ class FetchGoogleEventsTask(val activity: Activity, val googleSyncListener: Goog
             for ((key, value) in events) {
                 if (key == ITEMS) {
                     eventTypes = dbHelper.fetchEventTypes()
-                    parseEvents(value.toString())
+                    val localGoogleEvents = dbHelper.getGoogleSyncEvents()
+                    val remoteGoogleEvents = parseEvents(value.toString())
+                    removeRedundantLocalEvents(localGoogleEvents, remoteGoogleEvents)
                 }
             }
 
@@ -74,18 +76,20 @@ class FetchGoogleEventsTask(val activity: Activity, val googleSyncListener: Goog
         }
     }
 
-    private fun parseEvents(json: String) {
+    private fun parseEvents(json: String): ArrayList<String> {
+        val remoteImportIds = ArrayList<String>()
         var updateEvent = false
         var eventId = 0
         val importIDs = activity.dbHelper.getImportIds()
         val token = object : TypeToken<List<GoogleEvent>>() {}.type
         val googleEvents = Gson().fromJson<ArrayList<GoogleEvent>>(json, token) ?: ArrayList<GoogleEvent>(8)
         for (googleEvent in googleEvents) {
+            val importId = googleEvent.id
+            remoteImportIds.add(importId)
             if (googleEvent.status != CONFIRMED)
                 continue
 
             val lastUpdate = DateTime(googleEvent.updated).millis
-            val importId = googleEvent.id
             if (importIDs.contains(importId)) {
                 val oldEvent = dbHelper.getEventWithImportId(importId)
                 if (oldEvent != null) {
@@ -132,6 +136,13 @@ class FetchGoogleEventsTask(val activity: Activity, val googleSyncListener: Goog
                 dbHelper.insert(event) {}
             }
         }
+        return remoteImportIds
+    }
+
+    private fun removeRedundantLocalEvents(localGoogleEvents: List<Event>, remoteGoogleEvents: ArrayList<String>) {
+        val filtered = localGoogleEvents.filter { !remoteGoogleEvents.contains(it.importId) }
+        val filteredIds = Array(filtered.size, { i -> (filtered[i].id.toString()) })
+        dbHelper.deleteEvents(filteredIds, false)
     }
 
     private fun getEventTypeId(colorId: Int): Int {
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/DBHelper.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/DBHelper.kt
index e37138362..de583d3a6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/DBHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/DBHelper.kt
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ class DBHelper private constructor(val context: Context) : SQLiteOpenHelper(cont
             context.cancelNotification(it.toInt())
         }
 
-        deleteChildEvents(args)
+        deleteChildEvents(args, deleteFromGoogle)
         if (deleteFromGoogle) {
             importIDs.forEach {
                 Thread({
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ class DBHelper private constructor(val context: Context) : SQLiteOpenHelper(cont
         }
     }
 
-    private fun deleteChildEvents(ids: String) {
+    private fun deleteChildEvents(ids: String, deleteFromGoogle: Boolean) {
         val projection = arrayOf(COL_ID)
         val selection = "$COL_PARENT_EVENT_ID IN ($ids)"
         val childIds = ArrayList<String>()
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ class DBHelper private constructor(val context: Context) : SQLiteOpenHelper(cont
         }
 
         if (childIds.isNotEmpty())
-            deleteEvents(childIds.toTypedArray())
+            deleteEvents(childIds.toTypedArray(), deleteFromGoogle)
     }
 
     fun getGoogleSyncEvents(): List<Event> {
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class DBHelper private constructor(val context: Context) : SQLiteOpenHelper(cont
         return fillEvents(cursor)
     }
 
-    fun deleteGoogleSyncEvents() {
+    fun deleteAllGoogleSyncEvents() {
         val events = getGoogleSyncEvents()
         val eventIDs = Array(events.size, { i -> (events[i].id.toString()) })
         deleteEvents(eventIDs, false)