Disable auto-delete of accepted meeting invites in the *new" Outlook?

Anonymous
2023-06-17T15:42:58+00:00

The existing Outlook app for Windows has a setting to prevent calendar invites from being automatically sent to Deleted Items* when you accept them. Is this setting available in New Outlook?

Microsoft just announced that starting in 2024, the new Outlook will be the "official" one. I'm really concerned that features like this may be ignored when trying to reach feature parity. So, Is there an official feature request page for this? They exist for other Microsoft products I use, but I didn't find one dedicated to the New Outlook.

Thanks for your help with these topics!

*Deleted Items is the wrong choice even if I wanted this! Archive would be the smarter location for a modern email didn't. (But the best thing would be too simply not do actions the user didn't request!) Thanks again.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-06-26T17:55:28+00:00

    Okay, I found the setting for the NEW OUTLOOK:

    1. Click the Calendar Icon on the left side to view your calendar.
    2. Click 'View' at the top to open the view ribbon.
    3. Click 'Calendar Settings' from the ribbon.
    4. Click 'Events And Invitations'.
    5. Scroll down to the section 'Invitations From Other People', and uncheck the relevant box(es) to prevent invites from being automatically deleted.

    I hope this helps!

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-28T11:40:51+00:00

    SOLVED for new outlook:

    1. Open the new Outlook app.
    2. Click the Settings gear icon (top right corner).
    3. Go to:
      • Calendar > Events and invitations
    4. Scroll down to the option:

    ✅ Delete meeting requests and notifications from Inbox after responding 5. Uncheck this box to prevent Outlook from deleting meeting invites after you accept them. 6. Click Save.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-07T16:52:21+00:00

    Thanks. This is exactly what I was looking for.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-07T13:27:59+00:00

    I was JUST looking for a solution cause we have had the same problem. But it does seem they have finally added the feature.

    It's found under the Settings, the gear icon near your profile. Calendar > Events and Invitations > Invitations for other people. Uncheck all the boxes and click "Save". This seemed to have resolved it for us.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-10-24T16:01:57+00:00

    SOOOOOOOO insane that this has not been fixed. We are literally considering abandoning outlook because of this one issue. We can't forward meeting invites to team members....invites don't show up on the general office calendar. It is so stupid of them to set this as a default and then not be able to change the setting anywhere.

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