# How to Set Manual Expiry Dates for Templates

> With the new update, you can now choose when your template expires. Follow these simple steps : ⌛️ Setting a Specific Expiry Date: Go to Certificates…

- Source: https://docs.ghlcustomercare.com/docs/certificates/issue-certificates/how-to-set-manual-expiry-dates-for-templates
- Section: Certificates / Issue Certificates
- Reading time: 1 min
- Images: 2, each explained below
- Modified on Thu, 1 May, 2025 at 6:23 AM

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**With the new update, you can now choose when your template expires. Follow these simple steps:**  

### ⌛️ **Setting a Specific Expiry Date:**

1.  Go to **Certificates** from the dashboard.
    
2.  Select the template you wish to edit.
    
3.  Click the **three-dot icon** and select **Set a Date**.
    
4.  Choose your desired expiry date from the calendar. A preview will show the selected expiry date.
    
5.  Click **Set Expiry** to confirm.
    

![⌛️ Setting a Specific Expiry Date: (image 1 of 2)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/155045964926/original/FJTu06rYNz6rAsc0QGyjIhhrnBrpjs3-1w.png)

**⌛️ Setting a Specific Expiry Date: (image 1 of 2)**

This screenshot appears in the "⌛️ Setting a Specific Expiry Date:" section of "How to Set Manual Expiry Dates for Templates". The text alongside this image reads: Go to Certificates from the dashboard. Select the template you wish to edit. Click the three-dot icon and select Set a Date. Choose your desired expiry date from the calendar. A preview will show the selected expiry date. Click Set Expiry to confirm. Immediately after, the guide continues: Go to Certificates from the dashboard. Select the template you wish to edit. Click the three-dot icon and select Never. A preview message will show that the template will never expire. Click Set Expiry to apply the changes.
- Where to go: Go to Certificates from the dashboard. Select the template you wish to edit. Click the three-dot icon and select Set a Date. Choose your desired expiry date from the calendar. A preview will show the selected expiry date. Click Set Expiry to confirm.
- Controls: Certificates, three-dot icon, Set a Date, Set Expiry
- Next: Go to Certificates from the dashboard. Select the template you wish to edit. Click the three-dot icon and select Never. A preview message will show that the template will never expire. Click Set Expiry to apply the changes.

Full procedure:

1. Go to Certificates from the dashboard.
2. Select the template you wish to edit.
3. Click the three-dot icon and select Set a Date.
4. Choose your desired expiry date from the calendar. A preview will show the selected expiry date.
5. Click Set Expiry to confirm.

### ?? **Setting a Template to Never Expire OR** **Removing an Expiry Date****:**

1.  Go to **Certificates** from the dashboard.
    
2.  Select the template you wish to edit.
    
3.  Click the **three-dot icon** and select **Never**.
    
4.  A preview message will show that the template will never expire.
    
5.  Click **Set Expiry** to apply the changes.
    

![?? Setting a Template to Never Expire OR Removing an Expiry Date: (image 2 of 2)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/155045964941/original/OakhdF5cJS7UG20G3ImwffFZmrujpQsQUQ.png)

**?? Setting a Template to Never Expire OR Removing an Expiry Date: (image 2 of 2)**

This screenshot appears in the "?? Setting a Template to Never Expire OR Removing an Expiry Date:" section of "How to Set Manual Expiry Dates for Templates". The text alongside this image reads: Go to Certificates from the dashboard. Select the template you wish to edit. Click the three-dot icon and select Never. A preview message will show that the template will never expire. Click Set Expiry to apply the changes.
- Where to go: Go to Certificates from the dashboard. Select the template you wish to edit. Click the three-dot icon and select Never. A preview message will show that the template will never expire. Click Set Expiry to apply the changes.
- Controls: Certificates, three-dot icon, Never, Set Expiry

Full procedure:

1. Go to Certificates from the dashboard.
2. Select the template you wish to edit.
3. Click the three-dot icon and select Never.
4. A preview message will show that the template will never expire.
5. Click Set Expiry to apply the changes.

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