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title: How to Set a Close Date for Specific Classes
description: "Video walkthrough: closing specific classes on certain dates Use **Closed dates** to block bookings on chosen days. You can close the whole gym, or just certain classes or groups. You tick the classes and groups that will **close**, not the…"
url: "https://a2bmanager.com/docs/how-to-set-a-close-date-for-specific-classes/"
updated: "2026-10-16"
category: Club Management Guides / General Settings
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# How to Set a Close Date for Specific Classes

Video walkthrough: closing specific classes on certain dates

Use **Closed dates** to block bookings on chosen days. You can close the whole gym, or just certain classes or groups. You tick the classes and groups that will **close**, not the ones that stay open.

## Closing specific classes

### Step 1: Open Closed dates (0:00)

- In the left sidebar, click **Settings Hub**.
- Scroll down to **System Settings** and click **Settings**.
- **General Settings** opens on the **Closed dates** tab. It lists your closures and shows the total days open, total days closed and number of closed periods.

![General Settings, open on the Closed dates tab](https://a2bmanager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/how-to-set-a-close-date-for-specific-classes-v2-01.png)
Step 1: General Settings, open on the Closed dates tab

### Step 2: Add the closure name and dates (0:18)

- Click **Add closed date**.
- Enter a **Closure name**, for example "Coach training day".
- Choose the **Start date** and **End date**. For a single day, use the same date for both. The date pickers use your browser's date format, so they may show month/day/year.
- Tick **Closed for new bookings only** to stop **new** bookings on these dates: nobody can join, book a trial or add a session for the chosen classes on the public booking pages. Existing members' regular sessions carry on as normal: they still run, appear on registers and attendance, and are still charged. Leave it unticked to close the sessions completely, so they're skipped for everyone.

![Closure name, dates and the new-bookings-only option](https://a2bmanager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/how-to-set-a-close-date-for-specific-classes-v2-02.png)
Step 2: Closure name, dates and the new-bookings-only option

### Step 3: Choose the classes or groups to close (0:54)

- Under **Applies to**, click **Specific classes / groups**.
- In the **Class & group** list, click the arrow next to a class (for example **Recreational**) to show its groups, then tick the group you want to **close** (for example **Monday 4pm (4-8 Yrs Old)**).
- Ticking the class itself closes **all** of its groups. Use **Select all** or **Clear** to speed things up.
- Check the **Selected closure scope** box. It lists exactly what will close. You must pick at least one class or group.

![One group ticked under Recreational, with the closure scope](https://a2bmanager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/how-to-set-a-close-date-for-specific-classes-v2-03.png)
Step 3: One group ticked under Recreational, with the closure scope

### Step 4: Save and check the summary (1:23)

- Click **Add closed date**. The button stays greyed out until at least one class or group is ticked.
- A summary shows the dates and the classes or groups now blocked, with a warning that public bookings will be blocked.
- Click **Done**, or **Add another** to set up a further closure.

![The summary of what's now blocked](https://a2bmanager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/how-to-set-a-close-date-for-specific-classes-v2-04.png)
Step 4: The summary of what's now blocked

### Step 5: Check the closure in the list (1:34)

- The closure appears in the list with pills showing its length and scope, for example **1 day** and **1 class**, followed by the classes, groups and times it covers.
- Use the pencil to edit it or the bin to delete it.

![The new closure in the Closed dates list](https://a2bmanager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/how-to-set-a-close-date-for-specific-classes-v2-05.png)
Step 5: The new closure in the Closed dates list

## Good to know

- **Closing everything:** choose **All classes & groups** instead. See [How to Add Closed Dates for the Entire Gym](https://a2bmanager.com/docs/how-to-add-closed-dates-for-the-entire-gym/).
- **What a full closure does:** sessions on closed dates can't be booked, recurring sessions skip those dates, and the registers show them as closed.
- **New bookings only vs full closure:** with **Closed for new bookings only** ticked, the class stays open for existing members (sessions, registers, attendance and charges carry on as normal), but the public booking pages show **New bookings closed** and nobody, including existing parents, can book extra sessions or trials there. A full closure skips the sessions for everyone and marks them **Closed**. To do this for the whole gym, see [How to Close Your Gym for New Bookings Only](https://a2bmanager.com/docs/how-to-close-your-gym-for-new-bookings-only/).
- **No automatic credits or refunds:** closing a class doesn't refund or credit members. Handle any credits separately.
- **Deleting a closure** reopens those dates for booking.
- Use the **Upcoming**, **Past** and **In Progress** filters to find a closure. Closed dates are also in the **Setup Wizard**.

**Tip:** Tick the classes and groups that will **close**. Older versions of this guide said to tick the classes that stay open, which is the wrong way round.

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