diff --git a/addons/google_calendar/models/google_sync.py b/addons/google_calendar/models/google_sync.py
index 63ad22e689b..9480288c427 100644
--- a/addons/google_calendar/models/google_sync.py
+++ b/addons/google_calendar/models/google_sync.py
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ class GoogleSync(models.AbstractModel):
         with google_calendar_token(self.env.user.sudo()) as token:
             if token:
                 try:
-                    google_id = google_service.insert(values, token=token, timeout=timeout)
+                    send_updates = self._context.get('send_updates', True)
+                    google_id = google_service.with_context(send_updates=send_updates).insert(values, token=token, timeout=timeout)
                     # Everything went smoothly
                     self.with_context(dont_notify=True).write({
                         'google_id': google_id,
diff --git a/addons/google_calendar/models/res_users.py b/addons/google_calendar/models/res_users.py
index b420dc05f6a..3c54b3f6a20 100644
--- a/addons/google_calendar/models/res_users.py
+++ b/addons/google_calendar/models/res_users.py
@@ -69,13 +69,14 @@ class User(models.Model):
         synced_events = self.env['calendar.event']._sync_google2odoo(events - recurrences, default_reminders=default_reminders)
 
         # Odoo -> Google
+        send_updates = not full_sync
         recurrences = self.env['calendar.recurrence']._get_records_to_sync(full_sync=full_sync)
         recurrences -= synced_recurrences
-        recurrences._sync_odoo2google(calendar_service)
+        recurrences.with_context(send_updates=send_updates)._sync_odoo2google(calendar_service)
         synced_events |= recurrences.calendar_event_ids - recurrences._get_outliers()
         synced_events |= synced_recurrences.calendar_event_ids - synced_recurrences._get_outliers()
         events = self.env['calendar.event']._get_records_to_sync(full_sync=full_sync)
-        (events - synced_events)._sync_odoo2google(calendar_service)
+        (events - synced_events).with_context(send_updates=send_updates)._sync_odoo2google(calendar_service)
 
         return bool(events | synced_events) or bool(recurrences | synced_recurrences)
 
diff --git a/addons/google_calendar/utils/google_calendar.py b/addons/google_calendar/utils/google_calendar.py
index 8e81fb532e0..ae761e19f3d 100644
--- a/addons/google_calendar/utils/google_calendar.py
+++ b/addons/google_calendar/utils/google_calendar.py
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ class GoogleCalendarService():
 
     @requires_auth_token
     def insert(self, values, token=None, timeout=TIMEOUT):
-        url = "/calendar/v3/calendars/primary/events?sendUpdates=all"
+        send_updates = self._context.get('send_updates', True)
+        url = "/calendar/v3/calendars/primary/events?sendUpdates=%s" % ("all" if send_updates else "none")
         headers = {'Content-type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer %s' % token}
         if not values.get('id'):
             values['id'] = uuid4().hex