How to Turn Off Temporary Hold on Honeywell Thermostat

Covers how to turn off temporary hold on Honeywell thermostat.  But why would temporary hold ever be ON to start with? Well, the temporary hold feature lets the user override scheduled temperature settings. Then they can set the temperature manually.  Furthermore, this new setting remains in effect until the next scheduled temperature change. Then the thermostat ends its temporary hold, and resumes following its schedule.  Now when a thermostat is following its schedule, it is not on hold.

So why would you ever want to put a programmable thermostat on temporary hold?  Well, perhaps your house is too chilly on a very cold winter night.  So you’d like to stop your pre-scheduled temperature lowering just for that night.  Or, maybe you don’t like the temperatures set by the current program, but don’t know how to change them.  Thus you must wait for your tech savvy daughter’s next visit to get that done.  In cases like these, using   Temporary Hold is a handy solution until she next arrives to help you.

How to Turn Off Temporary Hold on a Honeywell Thermostat: Step by Step

We show here turning off the  Temporary Hold  function on our Honeywell RTH9580WF thermostat.  In this demo, we start off with our thermostat already set to  Temporary Hold.

1. Go to the Thermostat’s  Home Screen

Here’s a shot of our t-stat’s  Home  page shown next.

The   Hold  button says   Hold Until…  and it also says the time that temporary hold will end. So here, we show how to resume schedule following.

2. Tap the Hold Button

Find the  Hold  button near screen center and bottom.  Note that it may say either  Hold Until…  or  Permanent Hold, depending on what mode your thermostat is currently in. But if you see no button with the phrase  Following Schedule,   then your thermostat is not in temporary mode.  So you need not turn that mode off.

Tapping the  Hold  button, no matter its flavor, brings up the  Hold Options  screen, as shown following.

Pressing   Cancel Hold   stops Temporary Hold.

3. Tap the Cancel Hold Button

Touch the  Cancel Hold  option. Then the thermostat then returns to Following Schedule   mode, and again displays its  Home  screen.

But now, notice that the  Hold  button no longer appears.  Instead, we find a link label that just says,  Following Schedule.

4. Done with How to Turn Off Temporary Hold on Honeywell Thermostat !

You’ve now learned how to turn off temporary hold on a common Honeywell smart thermostat.  Well, at least you know how to do it on the touchscreen multi color models anyhow.  🙂

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References for How to Turn Off Temporary Hold on Honeywell Thermostat

1. 1. Honeywell Thermostat Official Product Page
   2. Where to Buy a Honeywell Thermostat