---
title: "How To Create and Manage Templates"
description: "Booking Calendar Templates allow Administrators to standardize settings across multiple Booking Calendars."
url: "https://help.staticso2.com/account-administration/booking-calendar-templates/how-to-create-and-manage-templates"
---

**Booking Calendar Templates** allow Administrators to standardize settings across multiple Booking Calendars. Use them to centrally manage branding, booking forms and notifications to ensure brand consistency, faster onboarding, and account-wide standardization.

## Navigating to the Booking Calendar Templates Lobby

[Section titled “Navigating to the Booking Calendar Templates Lobby”](#navigating-to-the-booking-calendar-templates-lobby)

The **Booking Calendar Templates Lobby** is your central hub for managing templates. It displays the **Template name**, the **Last updated date** and the **Number of Booking Calendars** currently linked to each template.

To access **Booking Calendars Templates Lobby**, follow the steps below:

1. Click the **gear icon** in the top right corner.
2. Select **Booking Calendar Templates** from the dropdown menu.

### Create a Template

[Section titled “Create a Template”](#create-a-template)

As an Administrator, you can **create templates** using the following steps:

1. In the **Booking Calendar Templates Lobby**, click the **Create template** button.
2. Enter a **Template Name** and click **Create**.
3. Configure settings across the available tabs: Booking Settings, Booking Form, Notifications, Page Designer, and Embed Designer.
4. Use the [**Centralized control**](https://help.staticso2.com/account-administration/booking-calendar-templates/centralized-control-with-automatic-updates) toggle on each tab to **lock** settings or allow the users to customize the settings.

### Edit a Template

[Section titled “Edit a Template”](#edit-a-template)

Updating a template automatically syncs changes to all linked Booking Calendars. To update, follow the steps below:

1. Click the **three-dot menu** next to the template you wish to edit and select **Edit**.

2. Update the configurations and click **Save**.

   * **Locked Settings:** Enabling **Centralized control** will trigger a warning that this action will **override** any previous user updates in linked Booking Calendars.
   * **Unlocked Settings:** Updates to unlocked fields only apply to **new** Booking Calendars created after the change.

### Duplicate a Template

[Section titled “Duplicate a Template”](#duplicate-a-template)

Duplicating allows you to quickly create a new template based on an existing configuration without starting from scratch. To duplicate, follow the steps below:

1. Click the **three-dot menu** next to the template you wish to copy and select **Duplicate**.
2. In the **Duplicate Template** pop-up, enter a new **Template Name** and click **Duplicate**.

### Delete a Template

[Section titled “Delete a Template”](#delete-a-template)

Templates can be deleted from the **Booking Calendar Templates Lobby** using the following steps:

1. Click the **three-dot menu** next to the template you wish to delete and select **Delete**.
2. Confirm by clicking the **Delete template** in the pop-up.

Caution

You cannot delete a template that is currently in use. To delete it, you must first [**unlink** ](https://help.staticso2.com/human-engagement/booking-calendars/introduction-to-booking-calendars/how-to-use-templates-with-booking-calendars#unlink-a-template-from-a-booking-calendar)all associated Booking Calendars or reassign them to different templates.

### Rename a Template

[Section titled “Rename a Template”](#rename-a-template)

Rename a template using the following steps:

1. Click the **three-dot menu** next to the template you wish to rename and select **Rename**.
2. Enter the new name in the **Template Name** field and click **Save**.

To learn how users use these templates with Booking Calendars, read our [**How To Use Templates With Booking Calendars article**](https://help.staticso2.com/human-engagement/booking-calendars/introduction-to-booking-calendars/how-to-use-templates-with-booking-calendars).