# Use \#reclaim\_free to create No-Meeting Days or times

Blocking out your calendar for the day in Google Calendar and marking the event as 'Busy' is a quick way to defend a full day from meetings. This will tell calendar platforms and scheduling services that you are unavailable for meetings.

But if you want to make the most of your meeting-free day, you can set a smart No-Meeting Day using the hashtag `#reclaim_free`. Reclaim will mark the day as busy for new meeting invitations, but keep you free to schedule Tasks and Habits so you can focus on productive work.

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# Set a No-Meeting Day in Google Calendar

Reclaim supports several [event hashtags](https://help.reclaim.ai/en/articles/5464964-using-event-hashtags-to-make-google-calendar-smarter) in Google Calendar. To create a **No-Meeting Day**:

1. Create a Google Calendar event (not an Out of Office event) and add the Reclaim hashtag `#reclaim_free` in the title *or* description.

2. Mark the event as 'Busy'.

3. Hit save.

You can use the `#reclaim_free` hashtag for all-day events to protect a full day from meetings, or add it to individual events to defend a specific time block on the calendar.

![](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/768412487/70e0b823d25ab208c3a9a984/no-meeting+days.png?expires=1789605900&signature=05889cac33c47dc2f4dc011180dd72d7b0db08529694c423f7858af60b8d0db3&req=cyYvEsh8mYlYFb4f3HP0gG7atewS3h8Fo%2BQujpYjfaEIG%2FXSKbUI%2FX9gKLs3%0A5r8FRRLBM%2F3TFFgWSA%3D%3D%0A)

With an event like this on your calendar, you'll appear busy to anyone seeking time for a meeting, but will still appear as free to Reclaim — allowing all your Habits and Tasks to get scheduled in your No-Meeting Day.

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# Weekly No-Meeting Days

To defend a No-Meeting Day every week, set the event to repeat on your preferred cadence. The hashtag will be automatically applied to future events to keep your time defended from meetings.

![](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/768420305/a45133c001eb5cde89187964/Screen+Shot+2023-06-21+at+8.18.32+AM.png?expires=1789605900&signature=de25fff2b1f939f9504bd3d1057fb783953b1149464492a2ae4b839df882bdb3&req=cyYvEst%2BnoFaFb4f3HP0gCxWYomq%2BjWxQnX3ikuM8tKcuGp3PdbHmiR%2FzvkQ%0AOavYWrJh6smuF%2BVU7w%3D%3D%0A)

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# Create a team No-Meeting Day

To create a No-Meeting Day for your whole team or company, follow the same steps as above, adding `#reclaim_free` into the description of the event, and simply 'Add guests' to invite other team members to the event. You can also do this by creating a separate "No Meeting Day" calendar and invite team members or a company alias to events on that calendar.

When team members RSVP `Yes` or `Maybe` to the event, the No Meeting Day will take effect. Now the whole team has time defended from meetings to get independent work done.

![](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/768426253/f86b24bab8a7dcf4366f4733/Screen+Shot+2023-06-21+at+8.25.18+AM.png?expires=1789605900&signature=1049276e70ecad590a2a400f6884734b9a39d567ccf259ec577b3b96981ce639&req=cyYvEst4n4RcFb4f3HP0gPbo5xzHs1kjmmUXpSwUtlbNj4l62SGxp7m7ooJW%0AzZrR990ci388IjpD5Q%3D%3D%0A)

*Note:* Setting a No-Meeting Day will not delete already scheduled meeting events on those days.