How to accept a meeting request without sending response in Outlook?

Written on 21 December 2016.

How to accept a meeting request without sending response in Outlook?

Normally, when accepting a meeting invitation in Outlook, it is optional for you to respond or do not respond to the meeting organizer. This article will show you the solution of accepting a meeting request without sending response in Outlook.

Accept a meeting request without sending response in Outlook

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Accept a meeting request without sending response in Outlook

You can apply the Do Not Send a Response option easily to accept a meeting request without sending response in Outlook.

1. In the Mail view, click to open the meeting request in the Reading Pane.

2. Go ahead to click Accept > Do Not Send a Response at the top of the Reading Pane.

Now the meeting request is accepted and added to your calendar automatically without sending the meeting response.

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Matthias · 1 years ago
Attention!
If you do so the meeting organiser will NOT get to know that you accepted the meeting. This seems to be a kind of bug of Outlook! Many people do not understand this behavior of Outlook and it causes meeting organisation problems.

For more on this topic see:

https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/322590-outlook-2016-for-windows/suggestions/13424976-accept-do-not-send-a-response
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Amanda · 1 years ago
I do not have the drop down arrow beside my responses.
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Becky · 2 years ago
How do I accept a task assignment without sending a response in Outlook?
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