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How to delete or remove recurring appointments in Outlook?

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You might be confused of how to delete a series of recurring appointments at once from the Outlook calendar after you finishing all of them or they are all unavailable for you. This tutorial will show you how to delete a series recurring appointment at once in Outlook.

Delete or remove recurring appointments in Outlook


Delete or remove recurring appointments in Outlook

You can quickly delete the recurring appointments in Outlook as follows.

1. Shift to the "Calendar" view.

2. Click to select a recurring appointment which you want to delete the whole series.

3. Double click to open it.

4. In the popping up "Open Recurring Item" dialog box, please check the "Open the series" box, and then click "OK" button.

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Tip: In Outlook 2013, you need to check" The entire series" option in the "Open Recurring Item" dialog box, see screenshot:

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5. In the "Appointment Series" window, please click "Delete" on the "Actions" group under "Appointment Series" tab. See screenshot:

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6. Then the series of recurring appointments are deleted from the Outlook calendar immediately. See screenshots:

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Note: In Outlook, you can also delete series of recurring appointments by right clicking it. Please select one of the series appointment, and then right click it, and choose "Delete" > "Delete Series" from the context menu in Outlook 2010/2013, and the series of recurring appointments are deleted immediately.

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Tip: If you are using Outlook 2007, please choose "Delete" from the right-clicking menu, and check "Delete the series" option in the popped out dialog then click "OK" button, see screenshots:

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