Google Calendar has a new out-of-office feature that can automatically decline meeting invitations - here's how to set it up

When I typed "Vacation" into the title field, Google automatically changed the event to the Out of office mode with a pop-up explaining itself: "Going out of office? Use Out of office to create auto declining events."

"Going forward, Google Calendar will try to intelligently detect, based on the title entered, when you’re creating an out of office object and change the type automatically," Google said in the blog post. "You can always manually change this if you’d like to opt for a different entry type."

Note that even though you are creating an event like you would any other, the "Create event" shortcut in the bottom right-hand corner (that red plus sign) won't work. It's for events only.

If you change your mind or schedule incorrectly, don't worry — once you delete the time off, Google Calendar automatically re-accepts anything that was declined.

To navigate here, go to your Google Calendar and click on the cog in the top right-hand corner to find Settings. In there, you'll see "Working hours" under the "General" category. Once you click on it, you can check the "Enable working hours" box and adjust.

Hours aren't restricted to the ones in the drop-down box, either; typing in "5:25 pm" worked just fine.

Previously, Google only gave you the option to set one timeframe that would automatically be assigned to every day of the week. Now, users can customize each day, depending on their personal schedule.