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HighLevel: Inbound Call Routing by Working Hours

By Kenneth Villar··3 min read

HighLevel announced Inbound Call Routing by Working Hours: your profile can now accept inbound business calls only during the hours you set, and any call that lands outside your schedule automatically skips your device and routes to your phone number's existing backup destination.

What changed

Until now the only way to stop work calls during personal time was to uninstall the mobile app at the end of the day. This adds time-based gatekeeping at the profile level: define your routine availability once, and the system intercepts calls that arrive after hours instead of ringing your phone.

Routing is automatic. The moment your workday ends, the system hands the caller to whatever backup the destination number already has configured, so callers still reach voicemail or your on-call route rather than hitting a dead end.

How to enable it

  1. Open your User Profile Settings.
  2. In the routing section, turn on the toggle labeled Only ring during working hours.
  3. Define or confirm your active working hours schedule.
  4. Save your changes.

Why it matters for agencies and VAs

This is a per-user setting, not an account-wide one, so clients who run shared phone numbers or pooled call routing should test it on one profile before recommending it to a team. Confirm the destination number actually has a sensible backup (voicemail or on-call) configured, otherwise an after-hours caller silently skips the device with nowhere obvious to land. It is a clean fix for VAs and operators who do not want work calls bleeding into off-hours, without the uninstall-the-app workaround.

Certified GHL Admin operator take

As a Certified GHL Admin, my read is to treat the backup destination as the real configuration step, not the toggle. The toggle is trivial; the part that breaks client trust is an after-hours lead hitting silence because the number's fallback was never set. Document it once per client number, then this becomes a safe default for anyone who wants protected personal time.

Frequently asked questions

What is Inbound Call Routing by Working Hours?
A profile setting that makes HighLevel only ring your device for inbound business calls during your defined working hours; calls outside that window auto-route to the phone number's backup destination.
Is it on by default?
No. The feature is disabled by default to protect existing call flows. Nothing changes until a user turns on Only ring during working hours in their own profile.
Where do after-hours calls go?
They skip your app and pass to the destination number's existing backup fallback - typically company voicemail or another on-call route - so confirm that backup is configured before relying on it.

Sources

  1. HighLevel Support - Ring inbound calls during working hours
  2. HighLevel walkthrough (Descript)