How can I disable Teams Meeting being automatically added to any Outlook meeting invite?

Anonymous

Outlook now automatically adds a Teams Meeting link to any meeting I schedule using Outlook - I would like to permanently disable this for my Outlook as my team only uses Zoom for meetings. There does not seem to be any documentation about this and I have been unable to find anything in preferences that changes it permanently.

JimmyYang-MSFT 58,786 Reputation points Moderator

2022-01-21T08:31:47.397+00:00
Hi @Anonymous

Outlook now automatically adds a Teams Meeting link to any meeting I schedule using Outlook

How did you schedule meeting in Outlook client? Do you mean if you schedule "Any meeting" in Outlook, it will add Teams meeting link?

Based on my knowledge, if you don't want to schedule Teams meeting in Outlook client, you could try to disable it by following these steps:

In Outlook, choose File and then Options.

Select the Add-ins tab of Outlook Options dialog box.

Confirm that Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office is listed in the Active Application Add-ins list

If the Teams Meeting Add-in is listed in the Active Application Add-ins list, select Disabled Items in Manage and then select Go…

Set the checkbox next to Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office.

Choose OK on all dialog boxes and restart Outlook.
JimmyYang-MSFT 58,786 Reputation points Moderator

2022-01-27T09:09:20.103+00:00

@Anonymous

It has been a while, how is everything going?
If you have any update about this issue, please feel free to post back.
Darin Mills (DRMills.net) 251 Reputation points

2022-04-26T17:39:44.267+00:00

I find it disturbing that MS just went ahead and started assuming that I would use MS Teams for all of my meetings. Believe it or not, people still have face-to-face meetings and use other online meeting software products. This feature turning on by default caused a lot of confusion. The solution below completely disables MS Teams in Outlook. I would still like it as an option, but don't assume that every meeting I schedule will use MS Teams. It's a big overstep.
Steve Raucher 76 Reputation points

2022-04-28T15:17:25.263+00:00

I couldnt agree more. This is very poor product management.
Craig McLellan 51 Reputation points

2022-05-31T14:17:06.813+00:00

Didn't this sort of anti-competitive behavior already cost Microsoft a boat load of money 20 years ago? Its exactly what is in their DNA.
Guy Elsmore-Paddock 6 Reputation points

2022-06-22T16:54:16.247+00:00

First thing I tried before coming here was disabling the add-in but Teams re-enables it automatically the next time you launch a Teams meeting.
Tin Truong 11 Reputation points

2022-09-14T03:44:45.593+00:00

Can someone help me find this setting on the Mac version of Outlook?

Mac Outlook is doing the same now.
dan s 11 Reputation points

2022-09-29T17:58:03.76+00:00

It looks like MS finally added it to the New Outlook for Mac's settings.
Anonymous

2023-03-24T18:55:22.1966667+00:00

I hate that I cannot pick to have a Teams meeting or not. I would like to send meeting request and be able to either ADD a Teams meeting. I do NOT want all of my meeting invites to have a Teams meeting. Disabling this means it is totally disabled. JUNK!
Sarah Smith 0 Reputation points

2023-05-11T00:55:09.7+00:00

Resolved with Andy David answer for me.
Marco Tang 0 Reputation points

2023-05-23T23:22:27.35+00:00
The first recommendation not works for me, and I found below way through a PDF from Uni of Maryland.

Turning Off the Addition of MS Teams Meeting From the Outlook client:

Click File in the menu tool bar.

To the bottom left of the window, click Options.

In the Outlook Options window, select Calendar.

Under Calendar Options, remove the checkmark from “Add online meeting to all meetings”

Click OK.
John Liebenthal 15 Reputation points

2023-06-13T14:56:00.1066667+00:00
Three things:

those directions don't work with Outlook for Mac

I fixed it in Outlook for Mac after wasting about 2 hours of my life searching for a solution

Now Microsoft forced an update of Outlook on me and every calendar invite I send defaults to Teams and forces me to deselect it.

What an arrogant, self-serving approach to customers!
John Liebenthal 15 Reputation points

2023-06-13T15:09:20.0233333+00:00

Found it for Mac in May 2023 update, no thanks to Jimmy Yang.

Select "Outlook" in upper left top menu

Select "Preferences"

Select "Other, subitem "Calendar"

Look under "Calendar Options" for "Add online meeting to all events"

Click the "Configure" button

Uncheck "Add online meetings to all meetings"

You're welcome.
David Grayston 25 Reputation points

2023-06-21T18:18:55.1633333+00:00

We're running Office LTSC Pro Plus 2021 and its version is 2108 and I think that's before the "Add online meeting to all events" option was introduced. So I'm finding we have to disable the Teams Add-in in Outlook to stop the behavior but of course that removes all ability in Outlook to schedule a Teams meeting. Any suggestions?
Elliot Azzam 0 Reputation points

2023-06-21T19:27:47.11+00:00

How do we disable automatic Teams meetings in duplicated meeting invitations on Outlook OWA? In my settings, I've unchecked the "automatically add online meeting to all meetings" (seriously do you not employ any copy editors?), but every time I duplicate a meeting invitation, it overrides the existing zoom links and attaches Teams links within the body, along with a "join Teams meeting" button. Even after I once again switch off the "add Teams meeting" button in the Duplication dialog box. Please make it stop.
Will 15 Reputation points

2023-07-17T18:49:22.3133333+00:00

For those of you looking to push a fix to all users via GPO. Put in a Group Policy preference for a delete and change to the HKCU and have the users log off then back on again after running GPUpdate.

Delete the key below from the users registry HKCU(AS THE USER)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Addins\TeamsAddin.FastConnect

Edit the following key to a value of 1 from 3

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\TeamsAddin.FastConnect
Kai Holzer 6 Reputation points

2023-07-25T06:12:35.5133333+00:00

Hi Will, sure that will fix the issue because you deactivate the Teams Plugin. But I still wanna use Teams and only don't want to create the meetings automatically

11 answers

Andy David - MVP 160.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2022-04-26T17:50:36.527+00:00

Uncheck this option:
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Michael 21 Reputation points

2022-04-28T17:41:25.88+00:00

Yes! This worked! I think it's better than disabling the whole add in

Mikayel Mikayelyan 61 Reputation points

2022-05-02T16:52:15.247+00:00

Can this be done by the organization level from O365 admin panel?
Thanks

Luke Web 6 Reputation points

2022-05-03T16:02:40.093+00:00

Yeah i would like to know this as well. It's pretty annoying that MS would randomly enforce this. We don't want users using Teams meetings for compliance reasons and now every meeting produces a Teams video call? Users are very confused.

Renée P 1 Reputation point

2022-06-27T22:11:01.257+00:00

Thank you! Was drivin' me crazy!

Deona 56 Reputation points

2022-07-14T21:58:11.93+00:00

This was driving me crazy too!

And that option line (Add online meeting to all meetings) wasn't visible on my desktop version of Outlook, but I was able to see it and UNCHECK in my online version of Outlook.

If you don't use Outlook online very often, just open your internet browser and enter office.com in the URL, then login, if necessary.
Select the Outlook app from the menu on left
Select settings (cog wheel)
Select View all Outlook settings (at the bottom)
Select Calendar, then Events and invitations
Uncheck Add online meeting to all meetings
Select Save

Thank you Andy!

Matt Penner 26 Reputation points

2022-08-05T16:31:06.537+00:00

Thanks to @Andy David - MVP for finding this. It was driving me nuts. :) Others mentioned they couldn't find this in their desktop version of Outlook. I found it but it was slightly different for me. I am using the latest version of Outlook O365 (installed, not web) and have both the Teams and Zoom plug-ins enabled so my option was hidden inside another option. Here is my option screen, similar to @Andy David - MVP .

I suspect I don't see the checkbox right off because I have multiple meeting providers. Even though I have both Teams and Zoom already enabled, the dialog has the button to Add Meeting Provider. One might think it would state Add/Update or something else. I almost didn't click on it because I didn't want to Add a provider.

When I clicked on the button I got the familiar setting inside another window:

Hope this helps others.

Frederichs, Tracey 1 Reputation point

2022-09-26T18:40:50.937+00:00

Genius, worked like a charm! THANK YOU!!!

Anonymous

2023-03-24T19:16:21.88+00:00

This option is Unchecked.

Allan Ray 6 Reputation points

2023-04-05T07:57:50.9066667+00:00

Thanks! I think this option should not be enabled by default

Heidi Nieman 0 Reputation points

2023-04-11T17:22:07.1166667+00:00

Your solution was by far the quickest and most helpful solution to this problem driving us crazy. THANK YOU.

AE Cordovez 0 Reputation points

2023-05-01T20:03:54.87+00:00

Super helpful! Many thanks.

Julie A 0 Reputation points

2023-06-13T15:14:42.17+00:00

Thank you!! Sharing with others.

Emily Cosnett 15 Reputation points

2023-06-23T16:44:48.09+00:00

I'm suddenly having the same problem, it just started within the past week and I have no idea why. There is no setting in my options for "add online meeting to all meetings". When I logged in to Outlook online, I do see the option there - but it was already not checked and I am still having this problem. Can anyone help?

Dawn Williams 15 Reputation points

2023-06-30T16:21:40.6266667+00:00

That box doesn't exist in my Outlook calendar options. How else can I disable the auto meeting creation? I am on a PC.

Jeanne Marie Walsh 15 Reputation points

2023-07-08T14:11:53.1266667+00:00

This totally worked!! Thank you so much Deona!

White, Kory 15 Reputation points

2023-07-14T16:03:34.02+00:00

This option does not exist in Outlook 2016, for Outlook 2016 where can this be disabled? I want the Teams integration to be an option but every time I click "Invite Attendees" a MS Teams meeting is configured and added, I would like this to stop.

RedVision81 31 Reputation points

2023-07-18T12:43:21.4366667+00:00

its neither available in Office 2021 LTSC Current Version 2108. how can this be disabled?

Konstantin Artemiev 5 Reputation points

2023-07-20T12:27:16.6633333+00:00

I use office 2021 LTSC, I haven't this option.

Bonnie Sailor 5 Reputation points

2023-07-24T15:51:09.9266667+00:00

This does not work for 2019

Alireza FakhriRavari 5 Reputation points

2023-08-16T17:01:13.4433333+00:00

Is there a way to disable it in Outlook 2019? I don't see the option to uncheck "Add online meeting to all meetings."

Hunt, Jennifer Renee 0 Reputation points

2023-09-06T14:29:44.9666667+00:00

I don't have this option on my outlook-is there a way to turn this off without this option?

Hunt, Jennifer Renee 0 Reputation points

2023-09-06T14:40:35.1533333+00:00

tried the suggestion using 365 and the box unchecked. I restarted Outlook and it's still putting the MS Teams as the default when i schedule a meeting

CFriis 0 Reputation points

2024-01-19T12:17:21.15+00:00

beauty, thanks for this tip

Brian Beck 0 Reputation points

2024-01-31T14:00:02.8633333+00:00

Right on point. Solved problem with one click. Thank you.

Anonymous

2024-06-17T17:49:11.34+00:00

20240617: Thank you, Andy David.
When I went to uncheck that option, I noticed that to the right of it I could select a different meeting provider to use instead of Teams. (I only have Teams so none others were available.)

I'm using an Enterprise MS 365 version of Outlook, so others may not have that option, but it shouldn't hurt to check.

Rieves, Ray (JSC-SA2)[CBF PARTNERS JV, LLC] 0 Reputation points

2024-07-03T15:20:45.1266667+00:00

You, Sir, are my hero. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! :)

blarose 0 Reputation points

2025-08-22T16:19:27.27+00:00

FOR MAC USERS..

I was able to solve it, NOT thru the local client because I already tried that, but by logging into office365.com and changing the calendar preferences THERE. It was a bit frustrating that the Mac App does not talk to O365 for us, so the button there “serves no purpose”.

SO. Follow this:

go to this link https://outlook.office.com/calendar/view/workweek

Find the gear and look for the "ADD TEAMS TO EVERY MEETING" setting, go ahead and turn that %^#* off.

Enjoy no more teams meetings in your calendar invites AUTOMATICALLY.

Yes, thanks Microsoft. You put a soft barrier there to push teams out everywhere, to everyone. I have just torn down that barrier for me and everybody else.

Have a nice day

Michael Litty 0 Reputation points

2025-12-09T14:26:17.9766667+00:00

Super helpful screenshot!

On iOS, it’s in Settings > Calendar > Online Meetings

Michael Litty 0 Reputation points

2025-12-09T14:26:50.35+00:00
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