Change your availability status in Google Chat

Tips:

• Only people you share a space with, someone you accept a chat invite from, or people who aren’t blocked have visibility of your status.
• If your status is “Do not disturb”:
  • You temporarily mute notifications on all your devices from Chat or Gmail until you change your status to “Active.”
  • People can tell how long you paused notifications so they don’t expect an immediate response.

Change your status

Set a custom status

Delete a custom status

Turn off Calendar status for Workspace accounts

Important: You can only change your Calendar status on a computer.

For Workspace accounts, your Chat status automatically updates based on your Calendar status. For example, your status updates when you're in a meeting or when you're out of office. 

• When someone sends you a direct message, they’ll see your Calendar status next to your name at the top. 
• Group conversations and spaces don’t show a Calendar status.

Your administrator controls:

• Status availability options in Chat, such as “Out of office” or “In focus time.”
• Whether or not Calendar status is automatically displayed in Chat.

If you don’t want to share your Calendar status, you can turn it off.

1. On your computer, go to Google Calendar.
2. At the top right, click the Settings menu 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   Settings.
3. On the left, under “Settings for my calendar,” select your calendar.
4. Under “Access permissions for events,” check the box next to “Show calendar info in other Google apps, limited by access permissions.”

Tip: Your changes are automatically saved.

Temporarily stop notifications in Google Chat or Gmail

Related resources

• Turn Google Chat notifications on or off
• Mute conversations in Google Chat