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Out of Office lets you block 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. Select My Calendar under My Profile.On the My Calendar page, select Manage next to Vacation mode under Personal Preferences. You can also go 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. Switch between Month and Week views with 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 from your connected Google or Outlook calendar, marked with a provider indicator. These are read-only in Default.

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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.
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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 who tries to book you during that period.
An OOO block can make you ineligible for routing assignments during that window. This depends 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. Update the name, start date/time, or end date/time. Select Save Changes to save your edits. To remove the block, select Delete. Calendar-synced blocks open in a read-only view labeled Calendar OOO Event. To change or remove them, edit your external calendar (Google Calendar or Outlook) and the update syncs to Default.