Clear Schedule on Honeywell Home Thermostat

This piece covers the procedure to Clear Schedule on Honeywell Home Thermostat. Here, we explain doing this on the RTH9580WF t-stat. But other models with a screen work similarly At any rate, you could clear thermostat schedules by resetting it, which also clears every other customized setting like lock screen passwords and screen color customization. But on the RTH9580WF, there’s a much less destructive way to return the t-stat to the built-in default program schedule, without erasing any other setting. You clear a user-defined schedule by following the directions next.

Clearing the t-stat schedule returns the RTH9580WF to the default daily heating and cooling programs, including temperature settings for heating and cooling, and the times that those temperatures should be set. So again, program your preferred schedule in again to fit your specific energy needs.

Picture of the Honeywell RTH9580WF Home Thermostat, showing the -Home- screen. — Honeywell RTH9580WF Home thermostat, showing the -Home- screen.

Clear Schedule on Honeywell Home Thermostat: Step by Step

1. Visit the Thermostat’s the Main Menu

Tap the Menu button on the touch screen, as shown above at the top right side of the Home page.

Then, scroll down by pressing the Down arrow key. Then, stop at the Preferences button, as shown next.

Picture of the -Menu- screen with -Preferences- button circled. — The -Menu- screen with -Preferences- button circled.

2. Tap the Preferences Button

Touching the Preferences button brings up the Preferences page. When you see it, scroll with the down-arrow key. Then stop at the Restore Default Schedule button as circled in red in the next picture.

Picture of a Homeywell Home thermostat screenface. Showing the Menu->Preferences->Restore Factory Defaults button. — A Homeywell Home thermostat screenface. Showing the Menu->Preferences->Restore Factory Defaults button.

3. Then, Tap the Restore Default Schedule Button

Touch the Restore Default Schedule item. The RTH9580WF them prompts you to say that you indeed want to clear the current schedule, as shown next.

Picture of the -Restore Default Schedule- page, with the -Select Default Schedule- button circled. — The -Restore Default Schedule- page, with the -Select Default Schedule- button circled.

4. Next, Tap the Green Restore Default Schedule Button

WARNING: Touching this button button clears the current thermostat schedule. So DO NOT do this until you’re sure you know how to program in a new schedule, if you want a custom one. But if the default schedule is good for you, then proceed.

Picture of the -Revert to Default Schedule- prompt, with the -Yes- button circled. — The -Revert to Default Schedule- prompt, with the -Yes- button circled.

5. Touch the Yes Button

Now if you clearly wish to switch back to the default t-stat schedule, then tap the green Yes button. Or, press the red No button.

Pressing Yes starts the RTH9580WF clearing its user-programmed schedule. The display shows the Please Wait While the System Saves your Changes screen for some seconds, as shown next.

Picture of the t-Stat, telling us to wait while the system saves schedule changes. — The t-Stat, telling us to wait while the system saves schedule changes.

6. Next, the RTH9580WF Clears the Current Schedule

Once the thermostat restores the default schedule, it takes you back to the Preferences screen face, as pictured next.

Picture of the Honeywell Home thermostat displaying the bottom part of its -Preferences- page. — The Honeywell Home thermostat displaying the bottom part of its -Preferences- page.

7. Finished with Clear Schedule on Honeywell Home Thermostat !

You have now cleared the schedule on your Honeywell thermostat, and restored it to the default, built-in one. You can now make changes to this to suit your environmental needs.