Office 365 (Outlook 2016 for Windows) - Adding/Removing Holidays to the Calendar

This article shows how users can add Holiday events to their Outlook calendars. A user can also add Holiday events for any additional countries.

Adding Holidays

  1. Click File -> Options -> Calendar
    1. Options
  2. Click on Add Holidays... button
  3. Select using the checkbox the Country/Countries you want the Holidays added to the calendar and click OK
    1. Countries
  4. Get a Confirmation window adding the Holidays
    1. Confirm

Removing Holidays
  1. If you want to remove all holidays from Outlook calendar, Please click View > Change View > List

  2. Please click View > Categories to sort calendar items by category

  3. You will now notice that their is a Holidays section.
  4. Simply Right Click on the Holidays tab and select "Delete"
  5. You will get a warning message. Press okay

  6. Holidays are no longer a part of your calendar.

Removing Certain Holidays
  1. Click on the Calendar at the top View -> Change View -> List
  2. Select the Holiday on the List then right click on the event and select Delete or hit the Delete button on the keyboard
    1. Note: You can delete multiple events by holding down the Ctrl button on the keyboard
    2. List