Your Microsoft Outlook account offers a Calendar to help you manage all your meetings and plan important engagements. You can add reminders about events in Outlook Calendar so that you don’t miss being a part of them when the time arrives. Most importantly, the Outlook Calendar shows you different holidays in the year.

By default, Outlook Calendar will show you the holidays based on the email account that you have added, your current region, language preferences, and more. In this post, we will show you how to add and remove holidays in your Outlook Calendar on mobile and desktop.

How to Add Holidays in Outlook Calendar App on Mobile

Let’s check how to add holidays to the Outlook Calendar app for Android and iPhone. You can add a holiday as an event in your current calendar. The steps remain the same for the Outlook app on Android and iPhone.

Step 1: Open the Outlook app on your iPhone or Android and tap on Calendar at the bottom.

Step 2: Select the date of your holiday and tap the Plus icon at the bottom-right corner to add your holiday.

Step 3: Enter the details of your holiday and enable it as an All-Day Event.

You can also tap on Repeat and set the Holiday on repeating yearly frequency.

If you have multiple calendars from different email accounts, tap the downward arrow icon at the top and select the calendar where you want to add this holiday.

Step 4: Tap the Tick icon at the top-right corner to confirm.

Remove Holidays From Outlook Calendar App on Mobile

Step 1: Open the Calendar app on your iPhone or Android phone.

Step 2: Tap on the holiday name you added and tap the Edit icon at the top-right corner.

Step 3: Tap on Delete Event at the bottom and select Delete again to confirm.

Show Holidays in Outlook Calendar

For users with multiple email accounts, here’s how you can see the holidays in your Outlook calendar.

Step 1: Open the Outlook app on your iPhone or Android phone.

Step 2: Tap on Calendar at the bottom and tap your account icon at the top-left corner.

Step 3: Enable the calendars depending on your email account whose holidays you want to see.

How to Add Holidays in Outlook Calendar on Web

If you prefer using your Outlook account on the web, here’s how you can add holidays.

Step 1: Open the Outlook website in a web browser on your computer.

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Step 2: Sign in to your account and click the Calendar icon from the left sidebar.

Step 3: Click on Add Calendar on the left menu.

Step 4: Select Create Blank Calendar.

Step 5: Give a name to your holiday calendar and click on Save.

Step 6: Double-click on the date in your calendar to add a holiday.

Step 7: Click the downward arrow icon and select the holiday calendar you created.

Step 8: Add the holiday details and enable the option of All Day.

Step 9: Click on Save at the top-left side to confirm.

To remove a holiday from the web version of the Outlook Calendar, double-click on the holiday name and click on Delete.

Add and Remove Holidays in Outlook Calendar App on Windows 11

You can add or remove holidays in the Outlook app on Windows 11. Here are the steps to add or remove holidays from the Calendar in the Outlook app on Windows 11.

Step 1: Click the Start icon on the Taskbar, type Microsoft Outlook, and press Enter.

Step 2: Log in to your Outlook account and click on File at the top-left corner.

Step 3: Click on Options from the left menu.

Step 4: Click on Calendar from the left menu.

Step 5: Click on Add Holidays.

Step 6: Select the country whose holiday calendar you want to use and click Ok to confirm.

Here’s how you can add a holiday for any date in your current Outlook calendar on Windows 11.

Step 1: Open the Outlook app on your Windows 11 PC and click the Calendar icon on the left sidebar.

Step 2: Right-click on the date where you want to add a holiday and select New All Day Event.

Step 3: Add a name to your holiday and click on Save and Close.

To remove a holiday, double-click on the date and click the Delete icon to remove the holiday.

Add and Remove Holidays in Outlook Calendar App on Mac

Finally, let us show you the steps for adding and removing holidays in the Outlook Calendar app for Mac users.

Step 1: Press Command + Spacebar keyboard shortcut to open Spotlight Search, type Microsoft Outlook, and press Return.

Step 2: Log in to your account and click the Calendar icon on the left sidebar.

Step 3: Double-click on the date where you want to add the holiday.

Step 4: Click the arrow icon at the top and select the Calendar to which you want to add this holiday.

Step 5: Enter the details of your holiday and enable All Day.