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Out of Office lets you block off date ranges when you’re unavailable. Each block appears on a calendar and prevents new meetings from being scheduled during that period. When you have an active OOO block, Vacation mode (on the main My Calendar page) automatically pauses new bookings for those dates.
Open Settings from the Dock (the app bar at the bottom of the screen), then select My Calendar under My Profile. On the My Calendar page, select Manage next to Vacation mode under Personal Preferences, or navigate directly to My Calendar → Out of Office.

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The OOO calendar

The Out of Office page shows a full calendar with all your OOO blocks. You can switch between Month and Week views using the toggle at the top right of the calendar. Use the ← and → buttons to move between months or weeks. Two types of blocks appear on the calendar:
  • Manual blocks: blocks you created directly in Default.
  • Calendar-synced blocks: blocks sourced from your connected Google or Outlook calendar (marked with a provider indicator). These are read-only in Default; edit or delete them in your external calendar and they’ll sync back.

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Add an OOO block

1

Select a date range on the calendar

Click and drag across the days you want to block. Default opens the New OOO Event dialog with your selected dates pre-filled.
2

Fill in the block details

3

Create the block

Select Create OOO. The block appears on the calendar immediately and Vacation mode activates for anyone trying to book you during that period.
Creating an OOO block may make you ineligible for routing assignments during that window, depending on how your routing policies are configured.
The New OOO Event dialog

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Edit or delete a block

Select any manual block on the calendar to open the Edit OOO Event dialog. You can update the name, start date/time, or end date/time, then select Save Changes. To remove the block, select Delete. Calendar-synced blocks open in a read-only view labeled Calendar OOO Event. To change or remove them, do so in your external calendar (Google Calendar or Outlook) and the update will sync to Default.