How to Add Holidays to Your Outlook Calendar
Know when your next day off is
Keeping track of your holidays or those of your coworkers around the globe is easy with Outlook. To plan your schedule, look forward to a day off, or see when others are out of the office, here’s how to add holidays to your Outlook Calendar.
How to Add Holidays to Outlook Calendar on Your Desktop
If you use the Microsoft Outlook application on your desktop, you can add the holiday calendar on Windows in just a few steps, but Outlook on macOS works a bit differently.
Open Outlook on Windows and follow these steps to start seeing holidays on your calendar.
The Microsoft Outlook Calendar on macOS doesn’t offer the ability to add holidays like on Windows. However, if you add the holiday calendar in Outlook on the web (explained below), you should see it appear with your same Outlook account on Mac.
You can hide or delete a holiday calendar that you add to Outlook Calendar. If you simply hide the calendar, you can always unhide it should you want to use it again later. However, if you delete it, you must follow the same steps as above to add it back.
To hide the calendar, uncheck the box (Windows) or circle (Mac) for the holiday calendar on the left belowMy Calendars.
To delete the calendar, right-click the calendar name and pickDelete Calendaron Windows orDelete Folderon Mac.
How to Add Holidays to Outlook Calendar on the Web
Along with using Microsoft Outlook on the web, you can enjoy syncing to your other devices using the same Outlook account. This includes adding the holiday calendar, as mentioned above, for macOS.
Like the Outlook Calendar on your desktop, you can hide or delete the holiday calendar you add.
To hide the calendar, expandMy calendarson the left and unmark the holiday calendar option.
To delete the calendar, hover your cursor over the calendar name to display the three dots to the right. Use thethree dotsto pickRemove,and the calendar will vanish.
How to Add Holidays to Outlook Calendar on Your Mobile Device
Like macOS, you cannot currently add a holiday calendar to the Outlook mobile app on Android or iPhone. However, if you add it to the Outlook web app and sign in with the same account in the mobile app, you should see the holiday calendar.
Select theCalendartab to view the holidays, or tap theCalendaricon on the top left to choose the calendars to display per account and select the holidays.
If you’re havingtrouble syncing Outlook Calendar on your iPhoneorsyncing the Outlook appin general, check out our lists of fixes.
To completely remove the holiday calendar from the Outlook mobile app, remove it from your account on Outlook.com.
Alternatively, you can hide the holiday calendar. Select theCalendartab at the bottom and then theCalendaricon on the top left.
Uncheck the box (Android) or circle (iOS) next to the holiday calendar, and you’ll see it disappear when you return to your calendar.
Don’t Miss an Important Date
There are plenty of reasons for adding holidays to your calendar. Plan your vacation around one, set up a holiday party, see when your kids will be out of school, or find out when you and your coworkers have a day off. At least it’s easy to add holidays to Outlook Calendar regardless of your device.
For more, look atfun ways to use your smart home devices for the holidays.
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