Forum Discussion
When cancelling a meeting, the option for not notifying participants is gone
The new Outlook (Microsoft 365) is no more offering the option for not notifying participants when cancelling a meeting.
Problem description: In the past, when I scheduled a meeting with 1 other person and that person declined, I cancelled the meeting and got asked if I want to notify participants yes or no. I opted for no., since the other person already cancelled the meeting and it got removed from their calendar. A notification about me cancelling it as well was perceived as spam. Now this option is gone and the person who cancelled already will receive another meeting cancellation notification for the meeting that is anyway no more on his/her calendar.
Request for help: Does anyone no about the option for not notifying participants when cancelling a meeting?
- It's ridiculous that this feature is gone.
I have found a solution to this to avoid making myself look like a dunce.
Open Outlook. Select "Send/Receive" at the top left. Select "Work Offline." When that box is highlighted, you are offline.
Go to the calendar event. Cancel the meeting and send the cancellation. Now go to your Outbox and delete the cancellation message. Voila.
Now you can go back online.- Tried this, but removing the outbox message will not remove the meeting from others' calendars in fact. I also tried to cancel the meeting via Teams, there will still be a cancellation email sent to the attendees.
Haven't found a good way to cancel without notifying everyone yet..- Wow. All it did was remove the meeting from my calendar. That is really sad and unfortunate. Thanks for letting me know. I guess the people who developed Outlook, don't use Outlook.
nola You're a genius! Worked like a charm. Thanks for the assist!
cstewart2350 It does not work actually, you can read my reply above.
