# Holiday
### 1. How to update or add government (Govt) holidays in Pocket HRMS?
**Path**: Cloud Portal>Settings>Leave>Holiday>click ‘+’ Icon>Select Date>Description>If want the restricted/optional holiday (Yes)/if not select(no)>Save
**Step 1:** Log into the cloud portal, go to the ‘Settings’ menu and under ‘Leave’ tab click on the ‘Holiday’ subtab. Click on the ‘+’ icon towards the upper right corner of the screen.
**Note**: If the holiday is configured in your company category, location or cost centre wise kindly select the required option from the respective dropdown on the Holiday Settings page.
**Step 2:** Select Date, Description and choose ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ for the ‘Restricted/Option Holiday’ option as required and click on the ‘Save’ button. Holiday will be added accordingly.
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### 2. How To Update Holiday for an Employee?
To update a holiday for an employee, first verify the holiday configuration settings. These settings can be defined at different levels—Employee-wise, Company-wise, Category-wise, or Cost Center-wise. Based on how the configuration is set in your system, the appropriate holiday list can be added.
Kindly refer to the document in the link below, which provides detailed steps along with screenshots to guide you through the process of checking and updating the holiday list:
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### 3. How to delete holiday list?
**Path:** Cloud > Setting > Leave > Holiday > If holiday set Cost center, location wise, employee wise select accordingly > Click on delete icon from the list which you want to delete
**Step 1:** Login to cloud portal, go to ‘Settings’ in the menu, select ‘Leave’ from the tab, and click on ‘Holiday’.
**Step 2:** Click on ‘Delete icon’ of the holidays (If holiday set Cost center, location wise, employee wise select accordingly) which you want to delete from holiday list.
**Note:** Delete all the entries if you want to delete the entire holiday list.
**Step 3:** Click ‘Ok’ to confirm deleting the holiday entry.
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