My calendar deletes all events over 30 days old?

I have been trying to get my calendar to save all past events, not just 30 days. How can I get-r-done?

Hi bagettymoseslake,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
You can change the settings for your Calendar to Sync All Events:
Calendar settings - iPhone
http://help.apple.com/iphone/7/#/iph3d11102c
Calendar settings
Several settings in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars affect Calendar and your calendar accounts. These include:
Syncing of past events (future events are always synced)
Alert tone played for new meeting invitations
Default calendar for new events
Default time for alerts
Calendar time zone support, to show dates and times using a different time zone
Which day starts the week
Cheers,
- Judy

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