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title: "Activating Offline Working"
slug: "activating-offline-working"
updated: 2025-07-29T10:14:43Z
published: 2025-08-01T11:00:26Z
canonical: "docs.avontus.com/activating-offline-working"
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# Activating Offline Working

To allow users to work offline, and then synchronise their changes later, offline working needs to be activated in Global Settings. The maximum number of days you can be offline is 5.

For more information on going Offline visit [https://docs.avontus.com/docs/offline](https://docs.avontus.com/docs/offline) and [https://docs.avontus.com/docs/offline-working-ios](https://docs.avontus.com/docs/offline-working-ios).

To do this

1. From any screen, select **Global Settings** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-DLIQ9IE9.png)
2. Select **Offline Settings** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/164d8b47-b7e7-44e3-925c-95eaf6515fc3.png)
3. In **Offline Settings**, select the **Allow people to modify data when offline** checkbox
4. Set the number of days a user can work offline before they must sync their data else they will lose their offline changes.
5. Click **OK.**

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