Hand someone a link that shows when you are busy and nothing else. They see blocks of time labelled "Busy" — no titles, no notes, no locations — so they can book around you without knowing that Thursday afternoon is a hospital appointment.
What you build
One calendar link the other person can subscribe to — a shareable calendar link — on its default settings.
Steps
- Open iCal Feeds in the dashboard and open your feed.
- Under Calendars, tick only the calendars whose time should count as busy. Leave tentative someday plans out.
- Leave Feed Settings alone. The defaults are the private ones: names, descriptions and locations all off.
- Check the line under the link says it shares event times only. That line comes from the live settings, so it reflects what the link actually gives away.
- Send the link.
Treat the link like a password
The link needs no sign-in: anyone who holds it can subscribe. That makes it easy to share, and worth guarding. If it spreads further than you meant, delete the feed — everyone subscribed stops receiving events — and create a new one.
When one link is not enough
Different people deserve different amounts of detail: an assistant may need titles, a client does not. That takes a second feed, which needs Pro — Free includes one. On Pro, make one feed per audience with the settings that audience should have.
Where to go next
- Shareable calendar links — what each setting reveals
- Copied events arrive without their titles — when the privacy default surprised you instead
- Plans and limits — the feed counts on each plan