Are you trying to figure out how to hide the list of attendees when you send an invite in Outlook?
Outlook usually displays all recipients of a meeting invite to everyone invited.
This means that when someone opens the meeting, they can see the full list of attendees.
Without adjusting the settings, you won’t be able to keep the attendee list private.
Everyone will be able to view who else was invited alongside them.
Meanwhile, on other calendar platforms, you might find an easier option to keep the attendee list hidden, so the issue is not about Outlook being faulty but about needing to tweak the setup.
In this guide, you will learn how to hide attendees properly when sending a meeting invite in Outlook.
How to hide attendees in Outlook invite: A fast fix for hiding meeting recipients in Outlook
To hide the attendee list in Outlook, you need to follow a few easy steps that will help you send private invites without exposing everyone’s email address.
Usually, when all attendees are visible, it is because the invitation was sent using the “Required” or “Optional” fields without using alternatives.
After you understand this, you can proceed with the correct steps to hide attendees in your invite.
- Create a new meeting in Outlook as you normally would, but do not add recipients to the Required or Optional fields.
- Instead, add yourself as the only attendee and then send the invite to yourself.
- This third step will involve sending the actual invitations separately, here is how:
After sending the original invite to yourself, forward the meeting from your calendar to each attendee individually using the “Forward as iCalendar” feature.
This method prevents everyone from seeing each other’s details.
If after trying this you still face problems or it seems too complicated, you can also use the “BCC” field in an email (although it won’t behave like a traditional calendar invite).
Conclusion
It can be annoying when you need to maintain privacy but everyone ends up seeing each other’s emails in Outlook, but there is always a solution for everything.
This guide will help you successfully hide the list of attendees when sending out Outlook meeting invites.
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Brianna is based in Minnesota in the US at the moment, and has been writing since 2017. She is currently a 3rd Year med student at the time of writing this.
