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  • Welcome to When
  • Create your first event
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  • Set up When
Use the calendar
  • Week view
  • Month view
  • Column view
  • Move between dates
  • Search and filter
  • Use When on your phone
  • Dashboard
  • Choose and arrange widgets
  • Draw on the calendar
  • Use the command menu
  • Mark a day
Events and periods
  • Choose an event type
  • Create and edit an event
  • Repeat an event
  • Lock an event
  • Edit multiple events
  • Mark a date range with a period
  • Set a reminder
  • Inbox
  • Check off events and keep a streak
  • AI title suggestions
Calendars and sharing
  • Calendars
  • Create a calendar
  • Open a calendar and choose its views
  • Find calendars in Discover
  • Share a calendar
  • Show calendars together
  • Track birthdays, subscriptions, habits, and trips
When agent
  • Use the When agent
  • Example requests
  • AI privacy and safety
  • Connect Claude or another AI app
Guides
  • Plan a trip
  • Track a project
  • Track bill and renewal dates
Settings and account
  • General
  • Customize event types
  • Organize events with labels
  • Notifications
  • My account
  • Invites
  • Archive
  • Data & privacy
  • Plan & billing
Troubleshooting
  • Something looks wrong
  • Fix an event’s time or date
  • Find a missing event
  • Get help with sign-in or access
  • A reminder did not arrive
Reference
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  • What's new
  • Glossary
Browse the docs
Start here
  • Welcome to When
  • Create your first event
  • Events, periods, and calendars
  • Send feedback
  • Set up When
Use the calendar
  • Week view
  • Month view
  • Column view
  • Move between dates
  • Search and filter
  • Use When on your phone
  • Dashboard
  • Choose and arrange widgets
  • Draw on the calendar
  • Use the command menu
  • Mark a day
Events and periods
  • Choose an event type
  • Create and edit an event
  • Repeat an event
  • Lock an event
  • Edit multiple events
  • Mark a date range with a period
  • Set a reminder
  • Inbox
  • Check off events and keep a streak
  • AI title suggestions
Calendars and sharing
  • Calendars
  • Create a calendar
  • Open a calendar and choose its views
  • Find calendars in Discover
  • Share a calendar
  • Show calendars together
  • Track birthdays, subscriptions, habits, and trips
When agent
  • Use the When agent
  • Example requests
  • AI privacy and safety
  • Connect Claude or another AI app
Guides
  • Plan a trip
  • Track a project
  • Track bill and renewal dates
Settings and account
  • General
  • Customize event types
  • Organize events with labels
  • Notifications
  • My account
  • Invites
  • Archive
  • Data & privacy
  • Plan & billing
Troubleshooting
  • Something looks wrong
  • Fix an event’s time or date
  • Find a missing event
  • Get help with sign-in or access
  • A reminder did not arrive
Reference
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • What's new
  • Glossary
  1. Docs
  2. Events and periods
  3. Lock an event

Lock an event

Keep an event from being moved or archived by accident.

Lock an event

Right-click an event and choose Lock. To lock several events, select them and choose Lock in the selection menu. A locked event shows a lock icon.

What a lock prevents

A locked event cannot be:

  • dragged to another time or resized
  • archived, including by bulk actions and the When agent
  • moved to another calendar or to the Inbox
  • detached from a repeating series

You can still open a locked event and edit its title, notes, and other details in the editor.

Unlock

Right-click the event and choose Unlock.

Also see
Edit multiple eventsCreate and edit an event
PreviousRepeat an eventNextEdit multiple events
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  1. What a lock prevents
  2. Unlock
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