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# Check in to your booking


# Check in to your booking

Some desks, rooms, and parking spaces require you to check in when you arrive. Checking in confirms you are using the space and stops it from being automatically released to someone else.

## Before you start

* Check-in is only available on the day of your booking, within the check-in window. You will not see the check-in option before that window opens.
* Not all bookings require check-in -- if your site does not use it, your booking will be confirmed automatically.

## Check in

1. **Navigate** to **Bookings** from the sidebar.
2. **Find your booking** for today in your bookings list.
3. **Tap** the booking to open the booking detail.
4. **Tap** **Check In**. Your booking status changes to **Checked In**.

> **Tip:** Check in as soon as you arrive. If you do not check in within the allowed window, your booking may be released automatically so the space can be used by someone else. See [No-shows and automatic release](bookings--no-shows-and-release.md) for details.

## Check out

When you are finished with the space, you can check out early to free it up for others.

1. **Open** your booking from the **Bookings** list.
2. **Tap** **Check Out**.

If you do not check out manually, the booking completes automatically when its scheduled end time passes.

## Related articles

* [No-shows and automatic release](bookings--no-shows-and-release.md)
* [Cancel or modify a booking](bookings--cancel-or-modify-booking.md)
* [Make a walk-up booking](bookings--walk-up-booking.md)