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turn off automatic Out of Office on Outlook
I love the HebCal (especially with the emojis) but I don't like it it automatically sets days as Out of Office on my Outlook calendar. Is there a way to change that but still have the calendar?
Answer
Hi Hilary,
Thanks for reaching out, and glad you're enjoying the Hebcal calendar (emojis and all!).
Great news — this is easy to fix! If you subscribe to the calendar using Outlook's "Internet Calendar Subscription" feature, the holidays will appear on a separate calendar layer rather than being added directly to your primary calendar. That means they won't affect your availability or set you as Out of Office.
You can find step-by-step instructions here:
https://www.hebcal.com/home/8/outlook-ics-jewish-holidays
Once you set it up this way, you'll still see all the holidays on your calendar — they just won't interfere with your free/busy status.
If you downloaded a copy of the Hebcal events and merged them into your own calendar, then yes, the major holidays are set as Out of Office (although minor holidays are not). To remove those merged events, follow these instructions:
https://www.hebcal.com/home/58/outlook-csv-delete-hebcal-jewish-calendar
Let me know if you have any further questions!
Customer support service by UserEcho
Hi Hilary,
Thanks for reaching out, and glad you're enjoying the Hebcal calendar (emojis and all!).
Great news — this is easy to fix! If you subscribe to the calendar using Outlook's "Internet Calendar Subscription" feature, the holidays will appear on a separate calendar layer rather than being added directly to your primary calendar. That means they won't affect your availability or set you as Out of Office.
You can find step-by-step instructions here:
https://www.hebcal.com/home/8/outlook-ics-jewish-holidays
Once you set it up this way, you'll still see all the holidays on your calendar — they just won't interfere with your free/busy status.
If you downloaded a copy of the Hebcal events and merged them into your own calendar, then yes, the major holidays are set as Out of Office (although minor holidays are not). To remove those merged events, follow these instructions:
https://www.hebcal.com/home/58/outlook-csv-delete-hebcal-jewish-calendar
Let me know if you have any further questions!