How to Discard Idle Time Automatically in Apploye

Oct 31, 2026

Learn how to discard idle time automatically in Apploye, so idle minutes come off tracked time without anyone having to review them. Go to Settings → Activity → Idle time, choose when time counts as idle, and pick Discard automatically. You can also give individual members their own idle settings.

🔹 What you'll learn:
✅ Where idle time settings live (Settings → Activity → Idle time)
✅ How to set when time counts as idle: 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes, or a custom number
✅ The three options for idle time: Ask member, Keep time and Discard automatically
✅ What Discard automatically does: in a sample hour, 15 idle minutes come off and 45 stay tracked
✅ How to give one member their own settings, and Reset them to the organization's
✅ How to see which members need a desktop app update first

⏱️ Chapters

0:00 Open Settings → Activity → Idle time

0:12 Set when time counts as idle

0:24 Choose Discard automatically

0:45 Give one member their own settings

0:56 Check who needs a desktop update

📖 Help article: https://apploye.com/help/how-to-discard-idle-time-automatically-in-apploye/
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