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# Set your availability

> Tell your manager the days and times you can't work, so the schedule fits your life.

<Info>**For your team.** Everyone can set their own availability.</Info>

Availability is where you mark the times you **can't** work or would prefer not
to. Your manager sees this when building the schedule, so setting it well means
fewer shifts at the wrong times.

## Set your availability

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Schedule">
    Click **Schedule** in the top tabs, then click the **Availability** tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose when it starts">
    Under **Effective from**, pick the date this should start applying. Dates
    use your workspace's time zone.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add a time you can't work">
    Find the day (for example, **Tuesday**) and click **Add window**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set the details">
    Choose **Unavailable** (can't work) or **Prefer not** (would rather not), then
    set a start and end time — for example, `09:00` to `15:00`.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add more if you need to">
    Repeat for any other days or times. Days you leave blank count as **Fully
    available**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    Click **Save availability**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Warning>Saving **replaces** your current availability from the effective date onward. Make sure every time you can't work is listed before you save — anything not shown counts as available.</Warning>

## Overnight times

A single window can't cross midnight. For something like "can't work 10pm to
6am," add two windows:

1. One ending at `00:00` on the first day.
2. One starting at `00:00` the next day.

## Remove a time

Click the **✕** next to a window to delete it, then click **Save availability**.

## What success looks like

Every day shows either the times you can't work or **Fully available**, and your
manager can now build a schedule around your real availability.

## Next step

Want more hours? See [Pick up open shifts](/everyday/pick-up-open-shifts).