Quick summary
To remove weekends from Microsoft Project, you configure the Standard calendar via Change Working Time to mark Saturday and Sunday as non-working days. This ensures your project timeline automatically skips weekends when calculating task durations and deadlines.
Steps
- Click the Project tab in the ribbon menu at the top of your Microsoft Project window.
- Select Change Working Time from the dropdown options to open the calendar configuration dialog.
- In the For calendar field, choose and select Standard.
- Click Work Weeks to customize which days are considered working or non-working.
- Select the day you want to set as non-working in the details section.
- Choose the Set days to nonworking time option to mark the selected day as excluded.
- Select the day again in the details section to confirm your non-working day selection.
- Click OK to save your changes — Microsoft Project will now skip weekends when calculating your project timeline.
