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Date Overrides are for when your schedule needs to be different for a day or two. They let you change your hours for a specific date without touching your regular routine. Pick any date you’re currently available and set specific hours for that day, or mark yourself entirely unavailable. Taking a half day next Thursday and Friday to do some last-minute shopping? Set an override on those specific days to block yourself off.

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When to use this

  • Taking a day off: If you are going on a holiday.
  • A one-time appointment: If you need to be busy for 2 hours on a specific day.
  • Special hours: If you want to work on a holiday for a few hours.

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How to add an override

1

Go to Availability

Click on the schedule you want to adjust.
2

Find Overrides

Scroll down to the bottom to the Date Overrides section.
Bottom of a schedule page showing the Date Overrides section with its Add an override button and an empty list of overrides

Locating overrides below your weekly hours

3

Add an override and pick the date

Click Add, then pick the date you want to change. Select the specific day on the calendar you want to change.
4

Set the Time

  • To be busy all day: Toggle ON the Mark unavailable (All day) field.
  • To change the time: Select which hours you are free for that specific day only.
Date override dialog with a month calendar on the left, start and end time fields on the right, and the Mark unavailable (All day) toggle above the Add Override button

Blocking a day or shortening it

5

Apply

Click Save Overrides and then click the main Save button at the top of the page.

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How it works

Overrides take priority. If your regular schedule says you are free, but your override says you are busy, Cal ID will show you as Busy for that date.
  • Temporary: Once the date has passed, your calendar goes back to its normal weekly schedule automatically.

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Other ways to adjust availability

Create Availability in Cal ID

Set up the weekly schedule your overrides adjust.

Out of Office

Block longer absences or redirect bookers to a colleague.

Multiple Schedules

Assign different working hours to different event types.

Multiple Time Slots per Day

Split a day into separate blocks to carve out breaks.

Related topics

Create Availability in Cal IDSet Out of Office in Cal IDMultiple Time Slots per DayMultiple SchedulesSet Event-Type Availability