How to cancel or edit meeting as not organizer in Outlook
In Outlook, generally, only the organizer can cancel or edit the meeting. But sometimes, if the organizer is offline or busy, organizer can share the meeting with someone and give him the permission to edit the meeting. Please follow this tutorial to see how to complete this job.
Cancel meeting as not organizer in Outlook online (Web)
Cancel meeting as not organizer in Outlook desktop
Cancel meeting as not organizer in Outlook online (Web)
If you create a meeting in Web Outlook, you can do as follows to share your calendar with someone and allow him to edit your calendar.
1. In the Web Outlook site, click calendar icon to switch to "calendar" view, then select the calendar you want to share.
2. Then under Home tab, click "Share" in the ribbon.
3. Then in the popping dialog, "type the email address" that you want to share calendar with in the textbox.
4. After you enter the email address, you can choose how much access to allow the shared person. Choose "Can edit" from the drop-down list, then click "Share". Now after the shared person accepts, he can edit, add, or delete events in this calendar.
Tip: you can change the permission in the Sharing and permissions dialog at any time.
5. As the person who is invited to share the calendar, click "Accept and view calendar" button in the received email for editing the calendar.
Cancel meeting as not organizer in Outlook desktop
If you are working in Outlook desktop, you can also share the calendar with someone and give him permission to cancel the meeting.
1. Enable Outlook, click "Calendar" icon to switch to the calendar view.
2. Then right-click on the calendar you want to share, click "Share" > "Share Calendar".
3. In the Sharing invitation dialog, add the email address you want to share the calendar with to the "To" field, then tick "Recipient can add, edit, and delete items in this calendar" checkbox, and click "Send". Then a dialog pops out to confirm if you want to share this calendar, just click "Yes".
Tip: if the account is Exchange, you can only share the calendar with someone who is in your organization.
4. As the person who is invited to share the calendar, he will receive an email, click "Open this Calendar". Then he can edit the calendar.
Note: if there is no Recipient to add, edit, and delete items in this calendar checkbox in the Share invitation window, you can directly click "Send" button to share the calendar first, then right-click on the calendar you have shared, and click "Calendar Permissions", in the "Properties" dialog, choose the name you have shared the calendar with, then click "Editor" from the drop-down list of "Permission level", and adjust the options as needed.
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