Skip to main content
Cap an event type at one appointment per day by showing bookers only your earliest open slot. The Only show the first slot of each day as available setting is a simple way to protect the rest of your day and keep your calendar from filling with back-to-back meetings.

Managing daily availability limits

This setting lives under the Limits tab and prevents your calendar from being overwhelmed with multiple bookings on the same date.

Why use this feature?

How to set it up

1

Log in to Cal ID

Log in to Cal ID.
2

Go to Event Types

Go to Event Types and open the event you want to change.
3

Navigate to Limits

Click on the Limits tab in the top navigation bar of the “Edit event” screen.
4

Toggle the setting

Locate the section titled Only show the first slot of each day as available.
5

Enable

Switch the toggle to ON.
6

Save

Click the blue Save button at the top right of the page.
Limits tab with the "Only show the first slot of each day as available" toggle switched on, above the blue Save button

Limiting yourself to one slot daily

You’re set — bookers will now see only the earliest open slot for each day on your booking page.

How it works for the booker

  • Earliest option only: When a booker views your booking page, they see only the very first available time slot you have defined for each day.
  • Dynamic hiding: Once that first slot is booked for a specific day, all other slots for that day are automatically hidden from future bookers.
  • Schedule restriction: This effectively restricts your availability to a single appointment per day, scheduled at your earliest available time.
This feature is an “all-or-nothing” limit for the day. If you want to allow more than one booking but still limit the total count, use the Limit booking frequency setting located just above this toggle.

Other slot display controls

Limit booking frequency

Allow more than one booking per day while still capping the total count.

Look busy

Hide a percentage of open slots to make your calendar appear fuller.