> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.overviu.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Block dates

> Close nights you don't want booked, for your own stays, repairs or a break, and open them again.

Block a night to stop anyone booking it: when you or your family are staying, during repairs, or when you need a break. Blocked nights are closed on your booking site, and calendar sync passes them on to Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo.

## Block a night

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the calendar">
    Open **Calendar** in the sidebar.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Block it">
    Shift-click the night on the listing's row, or right-click it and choose **Block day**. For a building, do this on the unit's row.

    In the monthly view, click the day and then **Block**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Blocking works one night at a time: for a longer closure, block each night.

<Warning>A season with **Close for arrival** and **Close for departure** doesn't close its nights: it only stops guests arriving or leaving on those days. A longer stay that starts before the season and ends after it can still be booked. Block the nights instead.</Warning>

You can't block a night that already has a booking: Overviu says so. Cancel the booking first if you need the night.

## Block a whole building

On the calendar, right-click a night on the building's row and choose **Block whole building**. Overviu blocks that night on every unit. Units that already have a booking that night are left as they are, and Overviu tells you so.

## How blocked nights look

* A red ✕ is a night you blocked.
* A night blocked by calendar sync shows the site's name instead, like "Airbnb". Those come from the other site: free them there, not in Overviu. If you unblock one here, it comes back on the next sync.
* In the monthly view, a blocked day shows **Blocked**.

## Unblock a night

Click the blocked night on the calendar, or right-click it and choose **Unblock day**. In the monthly view, click the day and then **Unblock**.

## Blocked nights in reports

Your own blocked nights don't count as available in [reports](/insights/reports), so blocking a week for repairs doesn't lower your occupancy. Nights blocked by calendar sync count as booked, because they're usually bookings on the other site.

## Related

* [The calendar](/calendar/the-calendar)
* [Calendar sync](/calendar/booking-site-calendars)
* [Prices and stay rules](/calendar/prices-and-rules)


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