How to Add Bcc in an Outlook Meeting Invite

Easy ways to add the privacy that Bcc provides to meeting invite

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Bcc (Blind Carbon Copy) is a feature that allows you to send mail to multiple recipients without revealing the email addresses of other recipients. This is unlike Cc (Carbon Copy), which shows recipients the email address of other people who were sent the same mail.

While the Bcc field is available when you are trying to send a normal email message to multiple users on Outlook, the field is noticeably absent when sending meeting invites and appointments.

This is pretty annoying as users are looking to add the privacy Bcc offers when sending meeting requests too. Fortunately, you can apply a few workarounds to add Bcc to your meeting invites, and we will show them in this guide.

Can I BCC a meeting request in Outlook?

As mentioned earlier, the Bcc field is unavailable when sending meeting invites on Outlook.

However, there are some ways to add the feature when sending meeting invites, as shown in the next section.

How do I add BCC to a team meeting invite?

1. Adding invitees as resources

The first method to add Bcc to your meeting invite is to resource attendees, as shown above. This requires you to have an existing list of emails to select from.

But if youcan’t add these emails on Outlook, or if it is an email address from an external body, you can type it manually.

2. Forwarding the calendar invite

Another option to add the Bcc to email invites on Outlook is to create the meeting and save it on your Calendar before forwarding it to the attendees.

In this case, the email recipients will receive the invite as a text and cannot respond as they would to a normal meeting invitation.

Regarding invites, we have a useful guide on how tosend an invite with multiple times in Outlook, so it can provide you with helpful information.

3. Using the iCAL file option

With this, the email message will be forwarded to each of the recipients without showing the email address of others.

The only issue with this option is that the people you sent this invite to will be unable to see any update made to the meeting schedule, just like if you sent a Screen Shot. Also, you won’t be able to track the invite to know if they will attend.

Unlike in normal emails, the Bcc field is not usually available when you send meeting invites on Outlook. However, you can use a couple of workarounds, like adding the invitees as resources and forwarding the calendar invite.

We explained how to go about this in detail in this step-by-step guide, and one of them should help you add the Bcc to your meeting invite on Outlook.

In case you want to learn more about meetings, check our guide on how toupdate Outlook meeting without sending the update message.

To conclude, if yourOutlook inbox is not updating, check our detailed guide to rectify it.

How to Add Bcc in an Outlook Meeting Invite#

Can I BCC a meeting request in Outlook?#

How do I add BCC to a team meeting invite?#

1. Adding invitees as resources#

2. Forwarding the calendar invite#

3. Using the iCAL file option#