# How to Add Holidays to Your Outlook Calendar

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To add holidays to Outlook, click Add calendar and choose Holidays in new Outlook and on the web, or use File, Options, Calendar, Add Holidays in classic Outlook for Windows. Outlook for Mac has no such option, so use a holiday calendar file there.

## Step by step
1. New Outlook and web: go to the calendar, click **Add calendar**, choose **Holidays** and tick your country.
2. Classic Outlook for Windows: click **File**, **Options**, **Calendar**.
3. Under **Calendar options**, click **Add Holidays**, tick your country and click **OK**.
4. Outlook for Mac: [import a holiday file](https://gocutline.com/how-to/import-ics-outlook/) from our [public holidays list](https://gocutline.com/holidays/).

## Good to know
- In classic Outlook, holidays are added as events to your own calendar.
- Added by mistake? In classic Outlook, sort by category in list view and delete the group of holidays.

## Source
This guide follows [Microsoft Support](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/can-i-add-holidays-to-calendars-in-outlook-for-mac-5e68135a-b048-4aa2-a87e-0949b126aa2b). Menus change now and then, so check there if a button has moved.

## Plan around your calendar
Linked Outlook calendars show in your week as read-only blocks. [How to link Outlook to Cutline](https://gocutline.com/integrations/outlook-calendar/).

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