Google Calendar

Google Calendar

Share your Google Calendar

  1. Open your Google Calendar.

  2. Under “My Calendars” select the one you wish to share and click the 3 dots to the right to open Sharing and Settings.

  3. Scroll to “Share with specific people or groups” and click on “Add people or groups”

  4. Enter the email address of the person/people with whom you want to share your calendar.

  5. Under “Permission Settings” select your preferred level from the drop-down list.

  6. Click Send to share your calendar.

Set your working hours & location

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. 

You can use working hours and availability if your account is through your work or school organization. If you don't see the working hours or location option, your admin could have turned it off for your organization. Who is my administrator?

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. 

  1.  On your computer, open Google Calendar.

  2. At the top right, click Settings Settings.

  3. On the left, under "General," click Working hours.

  4. In the "Working hours" section, click Enable working hours.

  5. Select the days you work the times you work.

  6. 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.

Out of office settings

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.

  1.  On your computer, open Google Calendar.

  2. At the top right, click Settings Settings.

  3. On the left, under "General," click Working hours.

  4. In the "Working hours" section, click Enable working hours.

  5. Select the days you work the times you work.


  1. 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 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.



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