Add National Holidays to Your ClickUp Calendar

Using ClickUp with a shared holiday calendar helps your team plan work around public holidays and regional days off. By adding national holidays into Calendar view, you can see important non-working days alongside tasks, deadlines, and events.

This guide explains how to subscribe to a national holiday calendar and then sync it with your ClickUp Calendar view so everyone can stay aligned.

How ClickUp Calendar sync works

Calendar view in ClickUp supports two-way and one-way syncs with external calendars. To show national holidays, you first add a public holiday calendar to a supported app, then connect that app to your Workspace.

You can use one of these supported calendar tools:

• Google Calendar
• Outlook Calendar (via Microsoft 365)

Once a holiday calendar is added in one of these apps, you can enable the ClickUp sync and see those holidays appear in Calendar view.

Prepare your holiday calendar before syncing to ClickUp

Before connecting anything to ClickUp, set up a national holiday calendar in your preferred calendar app. Most people use a public calendar instead of creating all holidays manually.

Add a national holiday calendar in Google Calendar for ClickUp

To add a holiday calendar in Google Calendar that will later sync to ClickUp, follow these steps:

1. Open Google Calendar in a browser.
2. In the left sidebar, find Other calendars.
3. Click the + icon next to Other calendars.
4. Select Browse calendars of interest.
5. Under the Holidays section, choose the country or region you want.
6. Check the box to subscribe to the holiday calendar.

The national holidays now appear in Google Calendar and will be available when you sync with ClickUp Calendar view.

Add a national holiday calendar in Outlook Calendar for ClickUp

To prepare an Outlook holiday calendar that can be used with ClickUp:

1. Open Outlook on the web and go to Calendar.
2. In the left pane, select Add calendar.
3. Choose Holidays or a similar option, depending on your Outlook version.
4. Pick the country or region whose holidays you want to see.
5. Confirm to add the holiday calendar to Outlook.

These holidays will now be visible in your Outlook Calendar and can be synced to ClickUp Calendar view through the Outlook integration.

Connect your holiday calendar app to ClickUp

After your public holiday calendar is set up, the next step is to enable the calendar integration inside ClickUp. The process is slightly different for Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar.

Connect Google Calendar and ClickUp

To sync Google Calendar, including your national holidays, with ClickUp:

1. In ClickUp, open your Workspace.
2. Click your avatar at the bottom left.
3. Select Apps or Integrations (name may vary based on layout).
4. Find and select Google Calendar.
5. Click Connect and sign in with your Google account.
6. Allow the requested permissions so ClickUp can access your calendars.
7. Choose whether you want a two-way sync for tasks or a one-way sync from ClickUp to Google Calendar.

Once connected, the same Google account that holds your national holiday calendar will be available when configuring Calendar view in ClickUp.

Connect Outlook Calendar and ClickUp

To integrate Outlook Calendar with ClickUp:

1. In ClickUp, go to your Workspace settings.
2. Open the Apps or Integrations section.
3. Locate Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft 365 calendar integration.
4. Click Connect and sign in to your Microsoft account.
5. Approve calendar access so ClickUp can read your Outlook events.

After this, any holiday calendars added to Outlook will be part of the data that can be shown in ClickUp Calendar view.

Show national holidays in ClickUp Calendar view

With your calendar app connected, you can now configure Calendar view in ClickUp to display holidays beside tasks.

Open Calendar view and sync in ClickUp

1. Open the Space, Folder, or List where you want to use Calendar view in ClickUp.
2. Click the + View button.
3. Select Calendar and create the view.
4. In the Calendar toolbar, look for options such as Sync or Calendar settings.
5. Choose to connect or display your external calendar from Google or Outlook.
6. Select the calendar that includes national holidays.

Once enabled, holidays will appear on the correct dates inside the ClickUp Calendar view alongside your Workspace tasks.

Adjust holiday visibility in ClickUp Calendar

You can fine-tune what you see in Calendar view so holidays do not clutter your schedule:

• Toggle calendars on or off to show or hide specific holiday lists.
• Use filters to narrow down which tasks display next to holidays.
• Change the view between Day, Week, and Month for better holiday visibility.

These options help you combine ClickUp tasks and holiday events in a way that suits your team’s planning workflow.

Manage and remove holiday calendars in ClickUp

If you no longer need to see a set of national holidays, you can remove that calendar from your connected account or simply hide it in ClickUp.

Hide a holiday calendar in ClickUp Calendar view

To hide holidays while keeping the integration active:

1. Open the relevant Calendar view in ClickUp.
2. Open the calendar or sync settings panel.
3. Uncheck or toggle off the holiday calendar you no longer want to see.

The integration stays connected, but the holiday events will no longer appear in Calendar view.

Remove the integration used with ClickUp

If you want to disconnect the calendar app completely from ClickUp:

1. Go to your Workspace settings in ClickUp.
2. Open the Apps or Integrations section.
3. Select Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook.
4. Click Disconnect or remove the integration.

After disconnecting, ClickUp will no longer receive updates from that calendar, and holidays will stop appearing in any Calendar view.

Tips for planning with holidays in ClickUp

Once national holidays are visible in ClickUp Calendar view, you can plan work more effectively. Consider these practices:

• Schedule major releases, launches, and sprints away from key holidays.
• Coordinate time-off requests with visible non-working days.
• Use custom fields in ClickUp to mark tasks that are affected by specific holidays.
• Share Calendar views with your team to keep everyone aligned on important dates.

More resources for ClickUp Calendar setup

For additional guidance on optimizing your workspace setup around holidays and events, you can explore expert resources at Consultevo.

To see the original help content this tutorial is based on, visit the official ClickUp documentation on national holidays in Calendar view: Add national holidays to Calendar view.

By connecting your preferred calendar tool and configuring Calendar view correctly, you can keep national holidays and tasks visible in one place, making ClickUp a single source of truth for schedule planning.