Do you use Outlook calendar to keep track of important meetings, events and birthdays, but you’re missing the opportunity to see holidays?

Every version of Outlook includes holidays that you can add to your Outlook calendar.

The first time you start Outlook, there are no holidays, but you have the ability to add holidays from several different countries.

Follow these steps to add holidays to your calendar:

  1. Click Files > Options.
  2. Chose Calendar and click Add holidays.
  3. Check the box for each country and region you want to add to your calendar and press OK..

Step 1.Outlook options

Step 2.Add holidays to Outlook calendar

Step 3.Add holidays to calendar

Note: If a country or region’s holidays already is added to your calendar, there will be check mark next to the country. If you click OK and mistakenly add the same country or region again, you will see double holidays in your calendar.

Fortunately, help is near, see below how to delete holidays and duplicates.

Tips: If you often plan conference calls with colleagues abroad, it is a great help to have added the respective colleagues holidays in your calendar, that way you avoid booking conference call when they are on holiday.

Watch the video were we will add holidays in Outlook 2016

 

Delete holidays and duplicates from your calendar

You can delete holidays and duplicates in several ways:

  • Sort and delete all entries from a specific date.
  • Sort and delete all items from a category.
  • Delete individual items.

Below you will se the steps on how to delete individual items:

  1. Go to Calendar, click Show > Change view > list.
  2. Select the holidays you want to delete, Right click and chose delete.
  3. To return to the calendar display, click View > Change view > Calendar.

Step 1.Outlook change view

Step 2.Outlook delete holiday

Step 3.Outlook change back view

Tip: You can choose to delete all holidays if you accidentally added a country or region several times. First you need to sort all item after Categories and then right-click on the category Holidays as shown in the video and click delete, now add holidays again for the countries you need.

 Watch video were all holidays will be deleted

 

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