Adding "(setq org-icalendar-exclude-tags ":noexport:")" prior to exporting
does not change anything.

On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 9:16 PM, Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Ken Mankoff <mankoff@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Package: Org mode version 9.1.6 (9.1.6-31-gffa5f3-elpa @
> > /Users/kdm/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20180122/)
> >
> > I thought :noexport: tags should be respected on export, but that does
> > not seem to be the case for iCal export.
>
> IIRC, this is a feature. `org-icalendar-exclude-tags' replaces
> `org-export-exclude-tags'. Just set the former to ":noexport:".
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou
>