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# Date Overrides or Set Unavailable

> Use date overrides in Cal ID to change your hours for a specific day or mark yourself unavailable without editing your regular weekly availability.

**Date Overrides** are for when your schedule needs to be different for just one or two days. 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? Simply set an override on those specific days to block yourself off.

## 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 just for a few hours.

## How to add an override

<Steps>
  <Step title="Go to Availability">
    Click on the schedule you want to adjust.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Find Overrides">
    Scroll down to the bottom to the **Date Overrides** section.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/cal-id-docs/NUrc1nmEeHvCjwEV/images/availability/date-overrides-1.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=NUrc1nmEeHvCjwEV&q=85&s=b71078ed3deebde297932a1191a685ac" alt="Date Overrides section of a schedule" width="1600" height="838" data-path="images/availability/date-overrides-1.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add an override and pick the date">
    Click **"+ Add an override"** and pick the date. Select the specific day on the calendar you want to change.
  </Step>

  <Step title="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.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/cal-id-docs/NUrc1nmEeHvCjwEV/images/availability/date-overrides-2.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=NUrc1nmEeHvCjwEV&q=85&s=e74e50bb9746350bfd04c4cd264833ba" alt="Setting override hours or marking unavailable" width="1600" height="833" data-path="images/availability/date-overrides-2.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Apply">
    Click **Save Overrides** and then click the main **Save** button at the top of the page.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## How it works

<Info>
  **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.
</Info>

* **Temporary:** Once the date has passed, your calendar goes back to its normal weekly schedule automatically.

## Learn more about

* [**Create Availability in Cal ID**](/docs/availability/create)
* [**Team Availability**](/docs/availability/team-availability)
* [**Multiple Schedules**](/docs/availability/multiple-schedules)
* [**Multiple Time Slots per Day**](/docs/availability/multiple-time-slots)
* [**How to set Availability for an Event type?**](/docs/event-types/setup/event-availability)


## Related topics

- [Create Availability in Cal ID](/docs/availability/create.md)
- [Out of Office](/docs/availability/out-of-office.md)
- [Multiple Time Slots per Day](/docs/availability/multiple-time-slots.md)
- [Multiple Schedules](/docs/availability/multiple-schedules.md)
- [How to set Availability for an Event type?](/docs/event-types/setup/event-availability.md)