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User-level booking limits cap the number of confirmed bookings you accept across all of your event types. Instead of configuring a separate cap on every event type, you set one account-wide ceiling — for example, no more than 4 meetings a day or 30 a month — and Cal ID hides slots automatically once you hit it. This protects time for focused work without you having to manually block your calendar.
User-level limits apply to you as the host, across every event type you own. They live in Settings → General → Booking Limits, not inside an individual event type.

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Available limit periods

You can set a limit for one period or combine several. A combination such as 4 per day + 15 per week + 50 per month means you can take at most 4 bookings on any one day, while still being held to 15 for the week and 50 for the month.

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Set up a booking limit

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Open General settings

Go to Settings → General at https://cal.id/settings/my-account/general.
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Find the Booking Limits section

Scroll to Booking Limits on the General settings page.
General settings page scrolled to the Booking Limits section, showing its description and an off toggle at the right

Where account-wide caps live

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Turn the toggle ON

Enable the Booking Limits toggle. Cal ID starts enforcing account-level limits as soon as they are saved.
Booking Limits toggle switched on, expanding the section to reveal the Add Limit button beneath it

Starting enforcement across every event

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Add a limit

Click Add Limit, enter the maximum number of bookings, and choose the period — for example, 2 Per day.
Booking Limits section with one limit row set to the number 2 and the period dropdown reading Per day, next to a delete icon

Capping your day at two meetings

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Add more limits (optional)

Repeat to stack periods, such as 2 Per day, 10 Per week, and 30 Per month. Each limit is enforced alongside the others.
Booking Limits section with three stacked limit rows reading 2 Per day, 10 Per week and 30 Per month, each with its own delete icon

Combining daily, weekly and monthly ceilings

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Remove a limit (optional)

Click the delete icon next to any limit you no longer need. The remaining limits stay in force.
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Update

Click Update to save. The new limits apply the next time Cal ID calculates your availability.

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How limits are enforced

Before Cal ID offers a slot on your booking page, it counts your existing confirmed bookings for the relevant period.
  • Under the limit — the slot stays visible and a booker can take it.
  • At the limit — the slot is removed from your booking page for the rest of that period.
Say your daily limit is 2 and you already have a 10:00 AM client meeting and a 2:00 PM consultation on Monday. Monday shows no further slots, but Tuesday stays open as long as your weekly limit still has room.
Limits count bookings, not minutes. A 15-minute meeting and a 60-minute meeting each count as one booking. To cap time instead of headcount, use Limit total booking duration on an event type.

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Limits stack

When you configure more than one period, all of them are enforced at once. With 4 per day and 15 per week: The weekly total is already 15, so Friday shows no availability even though your calendar is free.
Keep longer periods greater than or equal to shorter ones. A configuration of 5 per day with 3 per week is contradictory — a single day could exceed the weekly cap. A valid ladder looks like 4 per day, 20 per week, 80 per month.

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User-level vs event-type limits

Cal ID gives you two levels of booking-frequency control. To cap a single event type instead, see Limit booking frequency.

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When both are set

Both restrictions are enforced, and the tighter one wins.
  • User-level 5/day, Product Demo 10/day — you receive at most 5 bookings a day in total, even though the event type would allow 10.
  • User-level 10/day, Product Demo 3/day — you receive at most 3 Product Demo bookings, and at most 10 bookings across all event types.

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Team events

If you belong to a team and your user-level limit is already reached, no new booking is scheduled with you as the host — including team event bookings. Cal ID treats you as unavailable until capacity frees up in the affected period.
Pair a booking limit with Out of office and buffers to shape both how many meetings you take and how much recovery time sits around them.

Limit booking frequency

Cap bookings for one specific event type instead of your whole account.

Limit total booking duration

Cap the total minutes an event type can consume in a day.

General settings

Set your language, timezone, and travel schedule on the same page.

Out of office

Block dates entirely and optionally forward bookings to a colleague.

Related topics

Configure Language, Timezone, and Travel Schedule in Cal IDLimit Booking FrequencyLimit Total Booking DurationBooker Active Booking LimitSet Out of Office in Cal ID