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Set up time-based categories for your online store

Who is this article for?
  • Account owners or team members with online and general items permissions. Set permissions in Square Dashboard.
  • Square Online Plus and Premium subscribers.
  • About time-based categories

    You can create a category that’s time-based to support menu items that are only available during certain times of the day (like breakfast, lunch, weekends, etc.). These time-based categories also work with your pickup and local delivery hours, which means customers can only purchase items during the times you specify (subject to any applicable prep times and local delivery estimate settings).

    Before you begin

    Set up time-based categories

    1. Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Items & services (or Items & menus or Items & inventory) > Items > Categories.

    2. Select an existing category or create a new one.

    3. Under Availability, select the Only during certain days and times option and use the tick boxes to choose which days of the week these items are available. For each selected day, you can also enter multiple timeframes by selecting + and entering in the hours.

    4. Click Save.

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