Formatting changes from Google Calendar Event Start to Discord Send Channel Message

Hey ​@OfficialFON,

It’s happening because how discord treats new line. To have a new line in discord, you will have to do double line breaks.
 
You can use a Formatter → Text → Replace to replace a newline with /n/n. You can use [:newline:] for newline. This will result in new line in discord. Hope it helps!

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The fix is usually to add a Formatter step between Google Calendar and Discord.
Zapier’s Formatter is made for changing text before sending it to the next app.

Simple setup:

1. Google Calendar = get the Description
2. Formatter > Text > Replace
3. Replace the line-break part with a real new line
4. Send the Formatter output to Discord

If your calendar text has HTML like <br>, replace <br> with a new line.
If it already has hidden line breaks, use Formatter to rebuild them before the Discord step. A similar Zapier Community case points to calendar descriptions sometimes carrying HTML/break tags that need cleanup first.

So the flow is:

Google Calendar → Formatter (fix line breaks) → Discord

Also, Discord messages in Zapier support formatting, so once the text is passed correctly, Discord can display it with the breaks.

Hi ​@OfficialFON 

Here's the Zapier doc that might help: link

Add a Formatter by Zapier step between Google Calendar and Discord:

1. Action Event: Text → Transform: Replace

2. Find: [:newline:]

3. Replace: [:newline:][:newline:]

4. Input: Map your Google Calendar Description field

5. In Discord, use the Formatter's output instead of the original field

Why: Discord requires double line breaks. The [:newline:] syntax is Zapier's official way to represent line breaks in Formatter.

If your description has HTML (like <br> tags), add a second replacement:

• Find: <br> → Replace: [:newline:][:newline:]

If you're still running into issues after trying these steps, feel free to drop a screenshot of the error and a quick description of what your Zap is doing—happy to take a look and help troubleshoot.

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Hi there ​@OfficialFON 👋 Did you get a chance to try the Formatter action that everyone suggested here?

Let us know whether Formatter did the trick, or if you could do with any more help at all. Want to make sure you’re all set 🙂