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title: "Connecting a Secondary Calendar"
description: "Connecting a secondary calendar allows you to pull busy time from additional calendars, ensuring events like personal appointments are considered when managi..."
url: "https://help.oncehub.com/user-integrations/basics-user-integrations/connecting-secondary-calendar"
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[Connecting a Secondary Calendar](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/MdKsfTBYnN4?wmode=opaque)

Connecting a secondary calendar allows you to pull busy time from additional calendars, ensuring events like personal appointments are considered when managing bookings. For example, connecting your personal calendar as a secondary calendar can prevent bookings from overlapping with events such as doctor appointments or family commitments.

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## How to Connect a Secondary Calendar

[Section titled “How to Connect a Secondary Calendar”](#how-to-connect-a-secondary-calendar)

Follow these steps to connect a secondary calendar:

**Accessing User Integrations**

1. Click on your profile icon located in the top-right corner of the screen.
2. Select **User Integrations** from the dropdown menu.

**Connecting Your Calendar**

1. Select the type of calendar you want to connect under **Available Integrations** (e.g., Google Calendar, iCloud Calendar).
2. Click on **Connect a secondary calendar**.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the calendar connection process.

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## Managing Your Secondary Calendar

[Section titled “Managing Your Secondary Calendar”](#managing-your-secondary-calendar)

Secondary calendars are used exclusively to retrieve busy time—OnceHub bookings can not be created in them directly. If your connected secondary calendar includes multiple sub-calendars, you can specify which sub-calendars should be used to pull busy time.

Follow these steps to manage your secondary calendar:

**Accessing User Integrations**

1. Click on your profile icon located in the top-right corner of the screen.
2. Select **User Integrations** from the dropdown menu.

**Managing Your Secondary Calendar**

1. Click on the tile representing the secondary calendar you want to manage.
2. Click **Edit** next to the option labeled **Busy Time Is Retrieved From**.
3. Use the checkboxes to choose which sub-calendars should be used to pull events indicating busy time.
4. Click **Save** to confirm your changes.

## Additional Actions

[Section titled “Additional Actions”](#additional-actions)

**Disconnecting a Secondary Calendar:** If you no longer wish to use the secondary calendar, you can disconnect it:

* Click **Disconnect** to remove the secondary calendar.
* Remember, disconnecting a secondary calendar will stop busy time retrieval.

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## Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

[Section titled “Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)”](#frequently-asked-questions-faqs)

**Can I connect more than one secondary calendar?**

**A:** Yes, multiple secondary calendars can be connected as long as they are supported.

**Can I connect different types of calendars, such as Google and Microsoft 365?**

**A:** Yes, you can connect calendars of mixed types to pull busy time.

**What happens if there’s a connection issue with my secondary calendar?**

**A:** If a connection error occurs:

* Busy time from the secondary calendar will temporarily not be retrieved.
* Bookings may overlap with events on the secondary calendar since only busy time from your primary calendar will be used.
* You will receive an email alert and see an in-app notification to help you reconnect the secondary calendar.

**What happens if I disconnect my primary calendar?**

**A:** If your primary calendar is disconnected, all secondary calendar connections will automatically be disconnected. You will need to reconnect both the primary and secondary calendars to resume pulling busy time.