---
title: "How To Use Templates With Booking Calendars"
description: "Booking Calendar Templates streamline the process of setting up new Booking Calendars by applying pre-configured templates created by Administrators."
url: "https://help.staticso2.com/human-engagement/booking-calendars/introduction-to-booking-calendars/how-to-use-templates-with-booking-calendars"
---

**Booking Calendar Templates** streamline the process of setting up new Booking Calendars by applying pre-configured templates created by Administrators. This ensures a quicker onboarding process, brand consistency and enforces account wide standardization.

## Create a New Booking Calendar using Templates

[Section titled “Create a New Booking Calendar using Templates”](#create-a-new-booking-calendar-using-templates)

Follow these steps to create a new Booking Calendar using a pre-configured template:

1. Select **Booking Calendars** from the left-hand navigation sidebar.

2. From the **Booking Calendars Lobby**, click the **Create booking calendar** button in the top right.

3. In the **Create Booking Calendar** pop-up, select the **From Template** option.

4. Select a **Template** from the dropdown menu.

5. Enter a **Booking Calendar Name**.

6. (**Optional**) Edit the **Meeting Subject**.

7. Click **Create**.

   Note

   **NOTE:** This field may be locked if your Administrator has enabled [**Centralized Control**](https://help.staticso2.com/account-administration/booking-calendar-templates/centralized-control-with-automatic-updates) for this template.

## Apply a Template to an Existing Booking Calendar

[Section titled “Apply a Template to an Existing Booking Calendar”](#apply-a-template-to-an-existing-booking-calendar)

If you have an existing Booking Calendar created from scratch, you can apply any template to it by following these steps:

1. Locate the Booking Calendar in the **Booking Calendars Lobby**.
2. Click the **three-dot menu** next to the Booking Calendar you wish to apply the template to and select **Apply template**.
3. In the **Apply Template** pop-up, select a template from the dropdown menu.
4. Review the warning and click **Apply template**.

## Change the Template of a Booking Calendar

[Section titled “Change the Template of a Booking Calendar”](#change-the-template-of-a-booking-calendar)

Administrators can reassign a Booking Calendar to a different template to update its entire configuration using the following steps:

1. Locate the Booking Calendar with a template applied in the **Booking Calendars Lobby**.
2. Click the **three-dot menu** next to the Booking Calendar you wish to change the template for and select **Change template**.
3. In the **Change Template** pop-up, select the **New Template** from the dropdown menu.
4. Review the warning and click **Change template**.

## Unlink a Template from a Booking Calendar

[Section titled “Unlink a Template from a Booking Calendar”](#unlink-a-template-from-a-booking-calendar)

Unlinking a Booking Calendar from a template removes the control and allows the users to customize all settings. This option is only available if the [**Enforce Booking Calendar Templates**](https://help.staticso2.com/account-administration/booking-calendar-templates/how-to-enforce-templates) setting is disabled under **Account Permissions**.

To unlink, follow the steps below:

1. Locate the Booking Calendar with a template applied in the **Booking Calendars Lobby**.
2. Click the **three-dot menu** next to the Booking Calendar you wish to unlink the template for and select Unlink template.
3. Review the warning and click the **Unlink template**.

Caution

Unlinking only removes the connection to the template; all existing data within the Booking Calendar is retained.

To learn how administrators can create, edit or manage these templates, read [**How To Create and Manage Templates article**](https://help.staticso2.com/account-administration/booking-calendar-templates/how-to-create-and-manage-templates).