Split working hours in Google Calendar can describe a break or separate work periods in a recurring day. This is useful when one continuous start-to-end range would misrepresent your normal schedule. It does not create a meeting or an appointment booking page.
Open working hours
On a computer, use an eligible work or school account and open Settings > Settings. Choose Working hours, or Working hours and location when available. Confirm that working hours are enabled and that you are editing the correct weekday.
Add the separate periods
Google’s guidance provides an Add control for more than one period in a workday and a Remove control for an unwanted period. Enter the intended morning and afternoon hours separately, leaving the break outside both periods. Each period’s start time must be before its end.
For an overnight pattern, use the documented multiple-period approach with careful day boundaries instead of entering an end before a start. Check the calendar’s regional time context before relying on a cross-midnight arrangement.
Verify the repeated pattern
Review each affected day after saving. Working hours are a recurring weekly setting, so a change to Monday is not simply a one-off absence next Monday. Keep a note to restore a temporary adjustment when appropriate. Existing meeting events remain a separate scheduling layer; a break in working hours should not be described as canceling an invitation already accepted. Review the view used by collaborators when the distinction matters. A successful split communicates the actual normal periods while keeping the break clear and avoiding an accidental extra work interval on another weekday.
References
Reviewed against the linked official product guidance on November 4, 2026. Features, limits, screen labels, and access can vary by account, platform, region, and organization policy.