Understanding Event Categories

Understanding Event Categories

Overview

Categories label and color-code your events.

They help you visually identify event types and filter the calendar.


Default Categories

KidKeeper includes these categories:

  • Closed

  • Holiday

  • No School

  • Inspection

  • Field Trip

  • Reminder

  • Other

You may customize category names and archive categories you don’t use.


Editing Categories

  1. Open the Calendar.

  2. Click the More menu.

  3. Select Manage Categories.

  4. Choose a category to edit.

  5. Update the name or color.

  6. Click Save.


Archiving a Category

Archiving removes the category from new event selection but keeps existing events intact.

Archived categories can be restored at any time.

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