# Business Hours: Setup Guide

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When a customer initiates a conversation outside of your Business Hours, you can send an Away Message to let them know that your team is offline.

**Why it is important:** It assures your customers that you aren't neglecting them and will get back within a given timeframe.

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Go to the LimeChat dashboard > **Settings**

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Click on **Inboxes,**&#x59;ou will see the list of channels added to your dashboard
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Click on the **Settings** action of the particular Inbox for which you want to set the business hours

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Go to the **Business Hours** tab and enable business availability for this inbox to show the available hours even if all the agents are offline

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Set the timezone and type a customized message to reply to customers when they start a conversation outside of your business hours

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Next set up working days, and weekly hours and click on **Update** to enable this feature

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