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Create a Personal Event on Your Square Appointments Calendar

Personal Events in Square Appointments are designed to give you flexibility to block off a period of time to show unavailability, to create a personal event or to create a recurring scheduled event. When your customers view your online booking page, they will not be able to see your personal events. Customers will only see available booking times.

Create a Personal Event From the Appointments App

To block off time for a personal event from the Appointments app:

  1. From the calendar view, tap + > Create Personal Event.

  2. Add an event title (e.g. busy, meeting, available). Block Time should automatically be enabled. If it’s not, simply toggle on to remove online booking availability.

  3. Enter the date, time and duration.

  4. Tap Save.

Learn how to manage your calendar from the Square Appointments App.

Create a Personal Event Online

To block time on your calendar from the Appointments dashboard:

  1. Head to your Calendar in your Appointments dashboard

  2. Click anywhere on your daily calendar, or click and drag your cursor to select a block of time.

  3. Click Personal Event at the top of the screen. 

  4. Add an event title (e.g. busy, meeting, available).

  5. To remove booking availability during this time block, ensure Block Time is toggled on.

  6. If you’re blocking time for one of your staff, click the caret symbol next to your name to expand your staff list.

  7. Customise this calendar event further by adding additional notes, specify the exact dates and times and make it an all-day or a repeating event.

  8. Click Save

Note: If the event was originally created in a synced personal calendar, all edits and updates must be added in the original calendar.

Create a Personal Event on Square Register

To block off time for a personal event when using Square Appointments on Square Register:

  1. Navigate to Calendar in your Appointments dashboard.

  2. Tap + or press and hold the desired time slot > tap Create New Personal Event.

  3. Add an event title (e.g. busy, meeting, available). Block Time should automatically be enabled. If it’s not, simply toggle on to remove online booking availability.

  4. Enter the date, time and duration.

  5. Tap Save.

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