Update your availability for appointments

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You can customize your appointment schedule to make it easier for people to view your availability.

Important: You can only set start and end dates for recurring appointment schedules. Learn how to set a recurring appointment schedule.

You can choose the dates you want your appointment schedule to start and end.

1. On a computer, open Google Calendar.
2. Click an existing appointment schedule 👁 and then
   Edit appointment schedule 👁 Edit
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3. Click Scheduling window 👁 and then
   Start and end dates.
4. Choose the dates you want your appointment schedule to start and end.
5. Click Done.
6. To save the updated schedule, click Next 👁 and then
   Save.

Change a date’s availability

You can choose specific dates where you’re more or less available than usual.

1. On a computer, open Google Calendar.
2. Click an existing appointment schedule 👁 and then
   Edit appointment schedule 👁 Edit
   .
3. Under “Adjusted availability,” click Change a date’s availability.
4. Choose the date you want to adjust.
5. Change the time range to show the times you’re available.
   • If you’re not available that date at all, click Unavailable all day 👁 Image
     .
   • To add more than one available time range, click Add a time 👁 Image
     .
   • To remove a date exception, next to the date and time, click Remove 👁 Image
     .

6. To save the updated schedule, click Next 👁 and then
   Save.

Tip: You can adjust availability for dates that are outside of a recurring schedule with start and end dates.

To avoid back-to-back appointments, you can turn on and adjust buffer time.

1. On a computer, open Google Calendar.
2. Click an existing appointment schedule 👁 and then
   Edit appointment schedule 👁 Edit
   .
3. Click Booked appointment settings.
4. To add time between appointments:
   1. Next to “Buffer time,” check the box.
   2. Enter the buffer time.
5. To limit the number of appointments to accept in a day:
   1. Next to “Maximum bookings per day,” check the box.
   2. Enter the maximum number of appointments to accept per day.
6. To save the updated schedule, click Next 👁 and then
   Save.