Free Two Weeks Notice Letter Templates

A two weeks notice letter is the standard way to resign from a job in the United States and many other countries. It tells your employer in writing that you are leaving, confirms that your last day is two weeks from the date of the letter, and gives them time to redistribute your work or begin hiring. Two weeks is a professional courtesy rather than a legal requirement in most at-will workplaces, but skipping it can cost you a reference, unused leave payouts, or eligibility for rehire, so it is almost always worth giving.

The four templates on this page are short on purpose. A two weeks notice letter should be read in under a minute. The standard letter is the all-purpose option, the simple letter is three sentences long, the professional letter adds a transition plan for roles with more responsibility, and the email version includes a subject line so you can send it directly from your inbox. All of them open in the free online editor and export to PDF or Word.

Choose the template that fits your role, then click into the letter to replace the placeholders: your name, your manager's name and title, your job title, the company name, and your last working day. Work out the date before you write it down. If you hand in the letter on a Monday, your last day is normally the Friday of the following week, which is ten working days later. If a public holiday falls in that period, confirm with your manager whether it counts.

Keep the wording calm and brief even if you are leaving because of problems at work. The letter goes into your file and may be read by future reference checkers, so it should contain nothing you would not want a stranger to see. If you are using the email template, paste the text into the body of the message rather than only attaching a file, and send it to your manager with HR in copy. For the printed templates, export as PDF, sign it, and hand it over in person after you have told your manager face to face. Keep a copy, note the date you delivered it, and follow up in the same conversation about handover priorities, unused leave, final pay, and the return of any company equipment.

Every two weeks notice letter template on this page opens in the same inline editor. There are no forms to fill out: you click directly on the sender block, the date, the recipient lines, the salutation, each body paragraph, and the signature, and type over the placeholder text. Use the toolbar above the letter to switch between fonts such as Arial, Times New Roman, Georgia, and Calibri, change the font size, apply bold, italic, or underline to selected text, and set the alignment. The margin controls let you fine-tune the page so the letter fits comfortably on a single sheet.

Your work is saved automatically in your browser, so you can close the tab and come back later without losing anything. When the letter is finished, download it as a PDF to attach to an email or print and sign, or as a Word document if you need to make further edits elsewhere. There is no account to create and no watermark on the exported files. If you need a different kind of letter, the letter templates hub lists every collection on the site.