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title: "Setting Away Periods"
description: "The Away Periods feature allows you to block out vacation days, holidays, or any extended stretch of time when you are unavailable. When you set an away period, booking links across your entire acc..."
last_updated: "2026-10-16T04:33:59.962268+00:00"
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## Overview

### About Away Periods

The Away Periods feature allows you to block out vacation days, holidays, or any extended stretch of time when you are unavailable. When you set an away period, booking links across your entire account automatically stop offering available time slots for those dates.

> [!NOTE]
> Away periods are managed globally per user. Adding an away period blocks all of your active scheduling links simultaneously.

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### How Away Periods Work

When a visitor attempts to book a time during an away period, the system handles the request based on whether you have included a public note:

* **Without a public note:** The dates are entirely greyed out and unselectable on your public calendar.
* **With a public note:** The dates remain selectable, and clicking them displays an away message card explaining your absence to the guest.

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### Managing Away Periods

#### Adding an Away Period

You can view, add, or remove away periods from your **Availability** settings page by following these steps:

1. Navigate to your **Availability** page in the dashboard.
2. Locate the **Away** section and click **Add away period**.
3. Select your desired start and end dates using the range calendar.
4. Optionally, add a note explaining your absence.
5. Toggle **Shown to guests** on if you want visitors to see your note when clicking on those calendar dates.
6. Save the away period.

> [!TIP]
> You can create up to 50 active or upcoming away periods at any given time.

#### Removing an Away Period

To delete an existing away period from your account:

1. Go to your **Availability** page.
2. Find the away period you wish to delete in your list.
3. Click the trash icon next to the entry to remove it immediately.

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### Summary of Away Period Rules

| Feature | Behavior |
| :--- | :--- |
| **Scope** | Applies globally to every booking link associated with your account. |
| **Overlap Protection** | The system prevents you from creating overlapping date ranges. |
| **Rescheduling** | Rescheduling a meeting into an away period is automatically blocked by the system. |
| **Public Notes** | Optional notes can be up to 500 characters long. |

## Related

- [Sharing Booking Links](https://docs.calendar0.app/guide/core-features/sharing-booking-links)
- [Configuring Scheduling Pages](https://docs.calendar0.app/guide/how-to-guides/configuring-scheduling-pages)


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