Skip Non-Working Days in ClickUp
ClickUp lets you skip non-working days so task due dates, start dates, and dependencies follow your team’s real work schedule. By configuring business days, holidays, and Work Schedules, you can keep dates accurate without manually shifting tasks around weekends or time off.
What skipping non-working days in ClickUp does
When you enable the option to skip non-working days, ClickUp automatically adjusts how dates move when you:
- Change task dates
- Use dependency-based rescheduling
- Shift timelines across weekends or holidays
This setting is based on:
- Your Workspace-level business days
- Any holidays you add
- Individual Work Schedules for members (in certain plans)
Non-working days are never removed from the calendar; instead, ClickUp uses them as days to avoid when moving dates.
Where ClickUp checks for non-working days
When dates are adjusted, ClickUp follows a specific order to decide which non-working days to skip.
- Task assignee’s Work Schedule: If a task has assignees, ClickUp first looks at each person’s Work Schedule to find their working days.
- Workspace defaults: If there is no individual Work Schedule, the platform falls back to the Workspace business days and holidays.
- Fallback scenario: If no assignee has a configured Work Schedule, only the Workspace rules are used.
This order ensures that ClickUp respects personal work patterns when they are available.
Configure Workspace business days in ClickUp
Before enabling the skip option, make sure your Workspace business days match how your team operates.
Steps to set business days in ClickUp
- Open your Workspace and click your avatar or Workspace name.
- Select Settings from the menu.
- Go to the Business Days or scheduling-related section, depending on your plan layout.
- Choose which days of the week are working days (for example, Monday to Friday).
- Save your changes.
These business days act as the default schedule any time a member does not have a custom Work Schedule.
Add holidays to ClickUp business days
You can mark holidays so ClickUp treats them as non-working days, even when they fall on standard workdays.
How to add holidays in ClickUp
- From Workspace Settings, open the Business Days or similar scheduling page.
- Locate the Holidays area.
- Click Add holiday or an equivalent button.
- Enter the holiday name and date.
- Save the holiday to apply it across the Workspace.
Once set, those dates will be skipped when you reschedule tasks while the skip non-working days option is active.
Set individual Work Schedules in ClickUp
Work Schedules let you define unique working days for specific members so that ClickUp can adjust task dates according to personal availability.
Steps to create Work Schedules
- Open Workspace Settings.
- Find the Work Schedules or People section.
- Select a member whose schedule you want to customize.
- Choose their working days and hours.
- Save the schedule.
When a task is assigned to that person, ClickUp will use their Work Schedule first to determine which days to skip.
Enable Skip non-working days in ClickUp
Once business days and schedules are configured, you can turn on the feature to skip non-working days for date changes.
How to turn on skipping non-working days
- Open any task, list, or view where you plan to adjust dates.
- Start an action that moves dates, such as changing a due date or shifting a dependency.
- Look for a Skip non-working days toggle or checkbox in the scheduling or reschedule options.
- Turn the option on.
After enabling this, ClickUp will avoid weekends, holidays, and non-working days whenever dates change, based on the applicable schedule.
How ClickUp reschedules with dependencies
When tasks are linked with dependencies, skipping non-working days affects how entire chains move.
- If a predecessor’s date is moved forward, successors will be shifted to the next available working day.
- If you bring dates earlier, ClickUp will move them to the closest prior working day that respects dependencies.
- Holidays and weekends in the chain are bypassed according to the schedules described earlier.
This prevents dependent tasks from accidentally landing on days when nobody is working.
Use cases for skipping non-working days in ClickUp
Common scenarios where this setting is valuable include:
- Project planning: When building long timelines, ClickUp can automatically calculate realistic deadlines that avoid weekends.
- Client work: For service teams, date promises stay aligned with business hours.
- Global teams: Different Work Schedules help international members keep dates suitable for their region.
- Holiday-heavy periods: ClickUp will route timelines around holidays without you manually editing every task.
Limitations of skipping non-working days
While powerful, the skip feature has some important behaviors to understand:
- It does not delete or hide non-working days; it only skips them when calculating new dates.
- If a task is already set on a non-working day, it may stay there until you reschedule with the skip option active.
- Work Schedules must be kept up to date; otherwise, ClickUp may fall back to Workspace defaults.
Review your settings regularly to ensure date calculations remain accurate.
More resources on ClickUp scheduling
For detailed, official guidance on skipping non-working days, visit the ClickUp Help Center article: Skip non-working days.
If you want strategic help configuring schedules, dependencies, and automation at scale, you can also explore the consulting resources at Consultevo.
Summary: optimize schedules with ClickUp
By setting Workspace business days, adding holidays, and defining Work Schedules, you enable ClickUp to skip non-working days automatically. Once the skip option is active, rescheduling and dependencies will move dates only to valid working days. This keeps your plans realistic, your team aligned, and your project timelines accurate without constant manual date changes.
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