Set your working hours & location

Turn on working hours

To let people know you're unavailable when they try to schedule a meeting with you, turn on working hours. You can only turn on working hours from a computer not the Google Calendar app. 

1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
2. In the top right, click Settings  Settings.
3. At the left, under "General," click Working hours.
4. In the "Working hours" section, click Enable working hours.
5. Select the days you work.
6. Select the times you work. You can split the hours you work based on when you're available.
   • To add more than one time period to your workday, next to a day of the week, click Add .
   • To remove a time period, click Remove .

Tip: When you add work hours, the start time must be before the end time.

Calendar may suggest working hours based on your time zone, the work patterns in your country, and your schedule. You can accept, decline, or edit these suggestions. Learn more about Calendar in different time zones.

Important: When your calendar is shared with someone with at least free/busy visibility, they can view your working location.

Let others know where you typically work each week.

1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
2. At the top right, click Settings   Settings.
3. On the left, under "General," click Working hours & location.
4. Check the box next to “Enable working location.”
5. Select the days you work. Working hours are already selected if your calendar shows working hours.
6. Next to each day, enter your working location.

Tip: 

• To turn off working location, uncheck the box next to “Enable working location.” After you turn off working location, the location bar and your working locations are removed from your calendar.
• When you make changes to your working location in Settings, the changes only apply to the current day and future days.

Important: When your calendar is shared with someone with at least free/busy visibility, they can view your availability and working location.

Let others know your working location for a specific day or time.

1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
2. Click the day or location bar where you want to change your working location.
3. Select a working location: 
   • Office 
   • Home 
   • Unspecified 
   • Add a location : To be specific about where you’re working, you can add your own location.

Tip: To turn off your working location, go to your Google Calendar settings. In the “Working hours & location” section, uncheck the box next to “Enable working location.”

Show when you’re out of office

When you indicate that you’re out of office, your calendar will automatically decline all meetings during that time.

1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
2. At the top of your calendar, click the first date you’ll be out of the office.
3. Click Out of office.
4. Select the dates that you’ll be out of the office. You can also specify a time.
5. Optional: To schedule out-of-office events that repeat, below the day and time you select, click the drop down menu next to “Does not repeat”  choose a frequency.
6. Optional: Change your decline settings and edit your decline message.
7. Click Save.