Outlook 2007: Cancel Calendar Appointment Without Sending Cancellation to Attendees

Posted by Mitch on Aug 23, 2009 under Office Tips | 4 Comments

You’ve made an appointment in Outlook 2007, but now you want to cancel it without sending a cancellation notification to everybody. When you delete it from your Calendar, the only options you are provided are:

Send cancellation
Don’t cancel

Here’s a workaround for this issue:

1. Click File > Work Offline.

2. Make the changes or delete your Calendar appointment.

3. Go to the Outbox and delete all of the cancellation messages.

4. Go back to File and uncheck Work Offline.

Now a notification will be prevented from being sent out.

4 Comments so far »

by Fento Reese, on October 26 2009 @ 9:47 am

Tried the suggestion of working “Off Line”, but as soon as I came back on-line, Outlook calender created and sent the update.
by diane, on November 17 2009 @ 3:03 pm

Worked fine for me! Thanks!!
by David Levine, on May 10 2010 @ 7:41 am

Worked like a charm! Exactly what I was looking for!
by Jeff, on July 15 2010 @ 6:33 am

I had an appointment cancelled by an outside party, suspect owner of the calendar. Is there a way to confirm this suspicion?

Comment RSS · TrackBack URI