How to send meeting invitation with Bcc in Outlook? (2023) (2023)

Normally, you can Bcc (blind carbon copy) an email to recipients easily with typing recipients’ email addresses into the Bcc filed in Outlook. However, there is no Bcc filed in the meeting window when we sending a meeting invitation. In fact we can send meeting invitations with Bcc by adding Resource attendees in Outlook.

To send meeting invitation with Bcc in Microsoft Outlook, you can do as following:

1. Shift to the Calendar view, and create a new meeting invitation:

  1. In Outlook 2010 and 2013, click the New Meeting button on the Home tab;
  2. In Outlook 2007, click the File > New > Meeting Request.

2. In the Meeting window, click the To button.
How to send meeting invitation with Bcc in Outlook? (2023) (1)

3. In the popping up Select Attendees and Resources dialog box, find out and select the attendees that you will bcc the meeting to, then click the Resources -> button, at last click the OK button. See screen shot:
How to send meeting invitation with Bcc in Outlook? (2023) (2)

Notes:
(1) Holding the Shift key, you can select multiple adjacent attendees with clicking the first one and the last one;
(2) Holding the Ctrl key, you can select multiple non-adjacent attendees with clicking each attendee one by one.

4. Now you get back to the meeting window, compose your meeting, and click the Send button.

Note: If you need to Cc (Carbon copy) a meeting to attendees, just add attendees into the Optional filed in the Select Attendees and Resource dialog box. See screen shot above.

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Matthew

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This doesn't work. Attendees are in the invite under resources it is not BCC

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Kathy scharmer Matthew

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I found the same thing. I'm trying to send a meeting invite to about 3000 people and don't want them scrolling through the names to get to the meeting invite.

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Reinier Veral Kathy scharmer

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This works but when you delete someone from the resource list (remove a person from the meeting), the invitation gets sent to all the other attendees.

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shontel Matthew

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If you send it to a colleague as a test like I did, this does work, they can accept and decline and they don't see who else was invited. yes they come up as resources at your end but they cant see that.

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Genevieve shontel

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This does not work, I tested it in house and all staff could see each other as a location

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Lainie Genevieve

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We are running into the same issue. When we e-mail addresses as a resource they display to everyone. Any help would be appreciated.

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Mohamed Ibrahim Lainie

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Do the same way as mentioned above and at last in location clear all the mails which you set as for BCC mail and put any name for it and send the mail.

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Lainie Genevieve

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We may have just figured out something. It may be that the actual e-mail field is not displaying. There is a display name that is equal to the e-mail address. We tried changing a display name to "Test" and what appeared was "Test." Now we will research how to take out the display name.

cool Lainie

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within location type as online or location name, then choose scheduling and add users as resources.. it worked for me

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pat monkres

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How do you add CC or Bcc to your meeting invite. I dont want to have directors and ea's on the TO: box.Thanks.

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pat monkres

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Can you elaborate more on how to add Cc's on a meeting invite?

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Vicky

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The problem is that the invitees cannot accept or decline via the invite - they have to (know to) open the meeting in the calender and select their response from there.

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Harish

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Figured out a way to do this :-) However, it's not straight forward but requires 4 steps :sad: (1) Create a meeting invitation and send it to yourself.(2) Create a new email, bcc all the recipients.(3) Drag and drop meeting invitation from the outlook calendar window into the newly created email window with all the bcc'd recipients (The calendar invitation now appears as an attachment to the newly created email)(4) Request all senders to RSVP by following the below instructions (a) Open calendar attachment in the bcc'd email. (b) Select "copy to my calendar" at the extreme top left corner (of the attached meeting invitation window) which prompts the recipients to either accept, tentatively accept or copy the meeting to their calendar.

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Lisa Harish

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Hi Harish - I followed your instructions. The recipient received a message that says: You don't have appropriate permission to perform this operation.

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April Harish

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This worked out very well for me. Thank you so much for the assistance.

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Marta

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Harish, you are brilliant! Thank you :-)

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andy

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This doesn't make it BCC it puts their name in the location it might as well be in the invite this is a gap in Outlook I guess

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Miguel

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This is a brilliant hack, thank you, and it still works (and is needed) in 2021. Moving all the invitees to the Resources box (in desktop Outlook) works. You don't see it in the main invite window though (they still show in the Required box) however if you click the "Required" button to confirm, you'll see your list of invitees still in the resources box. Recipients won't see anybody else on the invite.
The only downside that I noticed is that depending on the recipient's email platform, you may or may not get Acceptances or Declines to the meeting. In my experiments, Gmail sent a response back that got recorded in the Tracking, but Hotmail didn't send a response even though the recipient clicked Accept.

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Vijay

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Perfect!! It works very well. Thank You.

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Michael Moore

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A problem with this approach is that it requires you to have your invitees in your people list. This is not always practical.

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Bev

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so in 2010 and 2013... i understand that you click on the word "required" and make sure names are in "resources".. then the evite goes as a bcc .. how do you turn off responses?

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Bing

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When I select Resources with email I plan for BCC, it turned to be Location change instead of BCC, does anyone know why? Thanks

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Jenelle Bing

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Mine did this too, but I just said not to update the location and proceeded from there. Worked.

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Sergio

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When sending a meeting BCC like stated here, can attendees see each other in the "Tracking" tab of the meeting?

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Problem tylko jest taki, że gdy ktoś prześle dalej to spotkanie z poziomu Outlooka to Outlook zacytuje nagłówek oryginalnego zaproszenia, a z nagłówka zaproszenia odczytasz wszystkie adresy zaproszonych. Nie działa. Jedyna opcja jaką znam, to wysłanie zaproszenia ze strony outlook.com Opcje odpowiedzi > Ukryj listę uczestników

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Hi
How can we do this with the "new outlook" please
I am able to manage it
Thank you!
Brenda

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Hi there,

For newer versions, the To... button is replaced with Required and Optional. Click either one as you need and then add recipients in the Resources box.

Amanda

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David

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do it in online version of Outlook, in New meeting select Response options and use checkbox Hide attendee list.
it works only online, in your installed app this version isnt accesible - you know Microsoft...

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Jay

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This is not a proper hack.

Still invitees appear in other section.

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Ralse

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Too bad they again haven't thought of common everyday things when designing their software.
I need to invite several people who signed up for a vaccine, I do not think it's proper to make publicly known who signed up.
My only alternative is to create an invite per person.

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Amanda Lee Ralse

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David #39688
do it in online version of Outlook, in New meeting select Response options and use checkbox Hide attendee list.
it works only online, in your installed app this version isnt accesible - you know Microsoft...

Hi there,

You can try the above advice from David. 🙂

Amanda

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In new Outlook Desktop App, create new meeting -> scheduling assistant -> add resources (NOT required or optional attendees). The attendees will still receive RSVPs, but will not see who else is invited.

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FAQs

How to send meeting invitation with Bcc in Outlook? (2023)? ›

To use the BCC function in Outlook when sending a meeting request, click on the “To” box next to the text area after creating the request and enter your recipients into the Resources field. This will effectively BCC those guests.

How do I keep BCC in a meeting invite? ›

In the Meeting window, click the To button. 3. In the popping up Select Attendees and Resources dialog box, find out and select the attendees that you will bcc the meeting to, then click the Resources -> button, at last click the OK button.

Can you use BCC on an Outlook calendar invite? ›

Normally, you can Bcc (blind carbon copy) an email to recipients easily by adding the recipient email addresses into the Bcc filed in Outlook. However, there is no Bcc field in the meeting or appointment windows when creating them.

Do BCC get replies in Outlook? ›

Addresses that have been placed in the BCC field are not forwarded. If you have placed a large list of recipients in the To or CC field, all of them will receive the reply. By placing recipients in the BCC field, you can help protect them against receiving unnecessary replies from anyone using the Reply All feature.

How do I add a BCC reply in Outlook? ›

Create a new email message or reply to or forward an existing message. If the message you're composing opens in a new window, select Options > Bcc. If the message you're composing opens in the Reading Pane, select Bcc from the ribbon. In the Bcc box, add recipients, compose the message, and choose Send when done.

How do I send a team meeting with Bcc? ›

Add the relevant title, attendees, date and time, and message info. Make sure you make this a Teams meeting. Before sending, click the “Response Options” top right and select “Hide attendee list”. Optionally, you can also UNselect “Allow forwarding” to avoid uninvited people getting into your group session.

How to add CC and Bcc in Outlook meeting request using Microsoft? ›

Click on the icon in “Attendance” column. There will be a drop down list shown up. You should specify “Optional Attendee” to the recipients who will be CC'd. And choose “Resource” to those who will be BCC'd.

Can I use BCC to send mass email Outlook? ›

Can I use BCC to send mass emails? Yes. You can use BCC to send mass emails by putting multiple recipients in the To: field and using BCC to hide them from each other's inboxes so they don't know they're all receiving the same message.

Who can see BCC in Outlook? ›

Everyone who is Cc'd on an email sees everyone else who is Cc'd. Think of it as a conference call in writing. Bcc stands for blind carbon copy and works similar to the Cc field in that the same mail will be sent to everyone in this field, except, no one can see who is Bcc'd other than the person sending the email.

What happens if someone replies all to a BCC? ›

If a BCC recipient hits reply all, the original sender will receive the reply and other normal recipients will get a CC.

What is the BCC limit in Outlook? ›

The Outlook recipient limit for a single email is 500 people. This restricts the To, Cc, and Outlook Bcc limit. The maximum number of email addresses you can put in the To, Cc, and Bcc fields is 500.

Can people on BCC reply all? ›

Can you reply all on a BCC email? You can hit reply all, but it your reply will only go to the person who sent it to you. A bcc is meant for your eyes, and the other recipients will never know you were included on the email.

How do I send a mass email with Bcc? ›

In the BCC field, type the email address of your BCC recipient. For multiple addresses or a long list of recipients, you can separate each with a comma, space, or by pressing the enter key. Now, you can compose the message and then click “Send” when done.

Do Bcc recipients know they are Bcc? ›

Figure out who you BCC'd.

As you know, recipients can't tell who you included in the BCC field, or even if you used the BCC field at all. But that doesn't mean you can't. To see who you BCC'd in a previous email, just open the Sent mail folder and open the message.

Can I send an email to just BCC? ›

You cannot send an email with only bcc'd recipients. An email address must be listed in the “to” field. To get around this, you can put your own email as the recipient. The same is true of the cc function.

How do I send a meeting invite to a team group? ›

You'll need their full email address to invite them.
  1. Go to where it says Add required attendees. If anyone is an optional attendee, select Optional instead.
  2. Type the person's full email address (ex: Joe@example.com).
  3. Select Invite. They'll receive an email with a link to the meeting.

What is the difference between BCC and CC? ›

The difference between the two is that, while you can see a list of recipients when CC is used, that's not the case with BCC. It's called blind carbon copy because the other recipients won't be able to see that someone else has been sent a copy of the email.

What is the best practice for BCC? ›

Tips for using BCC
  • Be transparent. Certain email scenarios benefit from BCC, but it shouldn't be used to trick or deceive someone who believes their email conversation will stay private.
  • Use CC instead. ...
  • Double-check your emails before sending them.
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Why can't I send BCC in Outlook? ›

From the HOME tab in Outlook, click on the New Email button to begin creating a new mail message. Click on the OPTIONS tab. Click on the Bcc button. This will show the BCC text field under the Cc field in your message.

What is the CC in a BCC email? ›

CC stands for "carbon copy." BCC stands for "blind carbon copy." When you put an email address in the CC or "carbon copy" field it means that a copy of the email you are sending will also be sent to that address.

How do I send a mass email and hide recipients? ›

How to hide recipients in your group emails on Gmail with Bcc
  1. Step 1: Click “Compose” ...
  2. Step 2: Type in "Undisclosed recipients" ...
  3. Step 3: Select the “Bcc” field. ...
  4. Step 4: Insert recipients or Gmail group. ...
  5. Step 5: Create your email message and send.
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How do I send an email to multiple recipients without them seeing each other? ›

Bcc stands for Blind Carbon Copy and it allows you to send an email to multiple recipients without them knowing who else is receiving the email.

How many people can you Bcc before it goes to spam? ›

The limit sending through email client such as Outlook, Thunderbird, Apple Mail is 100 messages per 24 hours. Each “To', “CC” and “BCC” counts as one individual email. So if you have one “To” and ten “CC”, that counts as eleven emails. Bulk sending using “CC” or “BCC” will be rejected as spam.

How many emails can I send at once with Bcc? ›

This can be either a single email to 500 recipients or 500 individual emails. It's important to note that new accounts may have lower limits. When using the Bcc feature, make sure to keep track of how many recipients you're adding to avoid exceeding the limit.

What is the Bcc limit in Office 365? ›

The recipient limit limits the number of total recipients allowed in the To:, Cc:, and Bcc: fields for a single email message. By default, the maximum number of email addresses that are allowed in the To, Cc, and Bcc fields is 500 in total, but Office 365 tenant admins can raise this limit to 1,000. 3.

How do I send a mass email individually? ›

Here's how it works:
  1. Open Gmail in your browser.
  2. Click the Compose button in the top left of your screen.
  3. On the new message screen, click BCC.
  4. Enter the address of the recipient who you want to stay undisclosed into the BCC field that appears.
  5. Fill in the other recipients' addresses into the To and CC boxes.
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How do you say you are moving someone to BCC? ›

If you still feel that you need to loop more people in than just the sender, simply use “cc” (carbon copy) or “bcc” (blind carbon copy) and send away. When you use bcc, you can let everybody know: “Thanks for the intro, Abby! I'm moving you to bcc to save your inbox.”

Why do people use Bcc? ›

'Blind carbon copy' is a way of sending emails to multiple people without them knowing who else is receiving the email. Any emails in the BCC field will be invisible to everyone else in the To and CC fields. BCC should only be used when it isn't a personal email and you want to keep the receipts email private.

Can people marked in BCC see everyone but no one can see them? ›

Only the person who you have bcc'd knows that they have received the message – their address will not appear to any other recipients. Furthermore, a bcc recipient does not see the names or addresses of any other bcc recipients.

Is BCC unethical? ›

If you BCC someone because you know the recipient wouldn't want a third party reading the message, you're probably behaving unethically. However, sometimes a BCC serves as an important privacy protection. If you email a large group of people, using the BCC line ensures that each recipient's email address is protected.

Can BCC see attachments? ›

Can BCC emails include attachments? Yes, embedded email attachments are included in BCC messages.

How do I keep someone in Bcc in Gmail? ›

By default, the "To" field will be selected, but you can click on the "Bcc" button located on the right side of the screen, next to the "Cc" button. Once you click on the "Bcc" button, a new "Bcc" field will appear under the "To" field. Type in the email addresses of the recipients you want to Bcc in the "Bcc" field.

How do I keep recipients in CC from seeing other addresses? ›

Using the blind carbon copy (BCC) feature is simple.
  1. Open Gmail and click Compose.
  2. Type “Undisclosed recipients” in the To: field of the new message, followed by your own email address within angle brackets (<>). ...
  3. Click the “BCC” button in the message window (right side of the To: field)

What happens if BCC replies to all? ›

Let's say someone was Bcc'd on an email and they hit reply all. Their response will be sent to the original sender, in addition to everyone in the To and Cc fields.

Do BCC recipients know they are BCC? ›

Figure out who you BCC'd.

As you know, recipients can't tell who you included in the BCC field, or even if you used the BCC field at all. But that doesn't mean you can't. To see who you BCC'd in a previous email, just open the Sent mail folder and open the message.

How to send emails to multiple recipients without recipients knowing without bcc? ›

Still, you have to enter something in the "To" field.
  1. Step 1: Create a New Email. Click “Compose” to create a new email.
  2. Step 2: Enter “Undisclosed recipients” Enter “Undisclosed recipients” in the “To” field and your Gmail address after it. ...
  3. Step 3: Enter the Email Addresses. ...
  4. Step 4: Compose a Message and Send.
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How do I send a mass BCC email? ›

In the BCC field, type the email address of your BCC recipient. For multiple addresses or a long list of recipients, you can separate each with a comma, space, or by pressing the enter key. Now, you can compose the message and then click “Send” when done.

Who sees a BCC email reply? ›

Both the recipient and any emails BCC'd see your original email, as you already know. But if either party responds, it only goes to the original sender. Who can then email with you back and forth only between you two. Using BCC is similar to a group text where you uncheck “group chat" before you send.

How do you send an email so the recipients Cannot see each other? ›

It's a very easy way to hide the recipients and every popular email client offers the BCC option. BCC is short for 'Blank Carbon Copy'. Recipients of these emails will be able to see all the 'To:' and 'CC:' recipients. Today, most people use the BCC option when they want to send out a mass email and hide recipients.

How to send an email to a large group without showing all addresses? ›

Add the Bcc box to your email if it isn't there already

In an open message, on the Message Options or Options tab, in the Fields or Show Fields group, click Show Bcc or Bcc.

How do you send a mass email without showing all recipients in Outlook? ›

Outlook. When you open a new blank email in Outlook, click on the “Options” tab. From there, you'll want to select the Bcc field in the message header. This is your “blind carbon copy” option, meaning that your email recipients will not see other names on the list.

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