Change your availability status and mute notifications in Google Chat

To let others know when you're available, you can change your Google Chat status. 

Understand your availability status

Only people you share a space with or someone you've accepted a chat invite from can see your status. Blocked users won’t ever be able to see your status.

What happens when you mute notifications

You can temporarily mute notifications on all your devices from Google Chat or Gmail. To stop notifications completely, turn notifications off. If you temporarily mute notifications, people can tell how long you paused notifications so they don’t expect an immediate response.

Status icon	Status text	Status meaning
	Active	Gmail or Google Chat is open.
	Do not disturb	Google Chat notifications are muted. *For workspace accounts this is visible at the domain level only
	Away	You aren't connected to the internet. You’ve been idle for more than 10 minutes. You're in "Set as away" status.
	Idle	You've been inactive in Gmail or Google Chat for the last 5 minutes.

Change your status

1. On your computer, open Gmail.
2. At the top right, next to your status indicator, click the Down arrow .
3. Choose: Automatic, Do not disturb, or Set as away.

Set a custom status

1. Go to Google Chat or your Gmail account.
2. From your status indicator at the top, click the Down arrow .
3. Click Add a status.
4. Follow the prompt to choose an emoji, write a status message, or end or clear a status.
5. Click Done.

Delete a custom status

1. Go to Google Chat or your Gmail account.
2. From your status indicator at the top, click the Down arrow .
3. Click the status to delete.
4. Click X.
5. Click Done.

Set a Calendar status with a Workspace account

You can use Calendar status with a Google Workspace account. Your Chat status will automatically update to OOO, in a meeting, or in focus time based on your calendar status. You can always override your automatic calendar status with a custom one.

Anyone who sends you a direct message will find your Calendar status under your name within the direct message window.

Tip: At the top right of your Gmail window in your status indicator, you can find your Calendar status.

Group messages won’t show Calendar status.

Administrators can turn Calendar status on and off for everyone in their domain. After your Administrator turns on Calendar status for your domain, you can turn Calendar status on or off permanently or temporarily.

To permanently turn it on or off:

1. Go to Google Calendar.
2. At the top right, click Settings menu Settings.
3. On the left, under “Settings for my calendar,” select your calendar.
4. Under “Access permissions for events,” check the box next to “Show calendar info in other Google apps, limited by access permissions.” Your changes are automatically saved.

Temporarily stop notifications in Google Chat or Gmail

1. Go to Google Chat or your Gmail account.
2. At the top, click your status.
3. Select Do not disturb.  
4. To set your preferred duration, select a duration from the list or click "Until a specific time."  
5. Click Set.

Tip: Notifications automatically turn back on after the mute duration expires. To end mute sooner, click your status  Do not disturb  Turn off Do not disturb.