# Blocking off time in Calendar **URL:** \ **Category:** Outlook Sales Extension\ **Tags:** professional\ **Created:** [January 29, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/blocking-off-time-in-calendar/31019 "2021-01-29T20:12:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NBleicher](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/nbleicher/32/31639_2.png) [@NBleicher](https://community.hubspot.com/u/NBleicher)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/blocking-off-time-in-calendar/31019/1 "2021-01-29T20:12:18Z")
It would be a great feature upgrade to be able to block off an afternoon or a full day on an ad hoc basis. Currently I need to go and adjust my standing calendar availability if I have a doctor’s appointment or if I’m taking a personal day. It could be so much easier and wouldn’t require having to rewrite the settings every time. Hope you will consider adding this feature! ---
**Author:** ![Josh](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/josh/32/17115_2.png) [@Josh](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Josh)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/blocking-off-time-in-calendar/31019/2 "2021-01-29T20:17:51Z")
Hi @NBleicher, You shouldn’t have to change the calendar/meetings setting. If you block off the availability in your calendar (Google/365), an individual won’t be able to book using your meetings link. This is what I do if I am unavailable for whatever reason…travel, intern meetings, dentist, etc. Josh ---
**Author:** ![NBleicher](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/nbleicher/32/31639_2.png) [@NBleicher](https://community.hubspot.com/u/NBleicher)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/blocking-off-time-in-calendar/31019/3 "2021-02-01T17:10:31Z")
Thanks, Josh! I guess the distinction I was trying to make was the ability to mark myself unavailable within HubSpot. I get that it links to my Outlook and once blocked off in Outlook, it translates back to HubSpot but I was hoping there was a solution within HS so that I can keep as much as possible within that one software. Thanks again! ---
**Author:** ![TB5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@TB5](https://community.hubspot.com/u/TB5)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/blocking-off-time-in-calendar/31019/4 "2022-05-02T19:10:40Z")
I think it is not quite the same. I want to block off inside Hubspot while I am still available inside my company to be booked. Does not really make sense to put blockers everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![MGranados7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@MGranados7](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MGranados7)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/blocking-off-time-in-calendar/31019/5 "2023-02-17T19:41:35Z")
Necesitamos que activen con urgencia esta funcionalidad ya que hay veces que hay feriados o las oficinas cierran por una razón y esto causa confusión o mala imagen ante los clientes ya que pareciera que se le acepta su reserva ---
**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/blocking-off-time-in-calendar/31019/6 "2021-01-29T20:18:32Z")
Hi @NBleicher, If you have an event on your connected calendar, the meetings tool will show that you’re busy during the event time – whenever you have a doctor’s appointment or taking a day off, you’d just add that event or a blocker to your calendar, see here: [Connect your calendar to HubSpot](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/meetings-tool/use-meetings) Best regards! ---
**Author:** ![NBleicher](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/nbleicher/32/31639_2.png) [@NBleicher](https://community.hubspot.com/u/NBleicher)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/blocking-off-time-in-calendar/31019/7 "2021-02-01T17:10:59Z")
Thanks, Karsten! I guess the distinction I was trying to make was the ability to mark myself unavailable within HubSpot. I get that it links to my Outlook and once blocked off in Outlook, it translates back to HubSpot but I was hoping there was a solution within HS so that I can keep as much as possible within that one software. Thanks again! ---
**Author:** ![SBachtel](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/sbachtel/32/192407_2.png) [@SBachtel](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SBachtel)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/blocking-off-time-in-calendar/31019/8 "2021-12-17T19:08:35Z")
Here’s how to set your availability using the Hubspot Meeting Tool (without actually blocking your work or personal calendar). Go to Sales \> Meetings. On this page you’ll see the meeting name you created under Settings. Click Edit \> Scheduling. On this Scheduling page, you can set times for when you are available for meetings. This is the functionality I was looking for in this FAQ. Hopefully this lands the question from the original post. ---
**Author:** ![ASanchezGomez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@ASanchezGomez](https://community.hubspot.com/u/ASanchezGomez)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/blocking-off-time-in-calendar/31019/9 "2023-11-02T19:45:37Z")
I was looking to reduce the window of availability to my clients but not to my team. "For example i am open to my team m-f 9-5; but to my clients, I only want them to book on Tuesday morinings, wednesday afternoons and thursday split morning/afternoon.