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Blind carbon copy in Outlook - Bcc messages in desktop app
This is how you send a blind copy in Outlook: Bcc in Office 356
Show Bcc recipients in sent messages.
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Activate blind copy in Outlook

With Blind Carbon Copy (BCC), called in Spanish CCO, Outlook offers a function to send a blind copy of your message to the selected recipients. This is useful, for example, if you want to address multiple business partners with the same email..

Unlike the addresses in the? To? or? CC ?, the addresses in the field? Bcc? they are not shown to the recipients of your message. In this way, you will not only prevent your business relationships from being visible to everyone you are targeting, but you will also protect the contact details of your business partners.

We will explain, step by step, how you can display the Bcc field in Outlook to send hidden copies..

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  1. Blind carbon copy in Outlook - Bcc messages in desktop app
  2. This is how you send a blind copy in Outlook: Bcc in Office 356
  3. Show Bcc recipients in sent messages.

Blind carbon copy in Outlook - Bcc messages in desktop app

The Bcc field in Outlook is available in all versions of the desktop application. However, by default, this field is hidden in Outlook 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019 versions.

To enable the Bcc field for new messages, reply emails, or forwarding, follow these steps..

New message with Bcc in Outlook

  1. Click? New message? to open a new email window.
  2. Go to the "Options" tab.
  3. Click the "Bcc" button in the "Show fields" area.
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The Bcc field in Outlook is displayed in the desktop app only when it is needed.

Once activated, the Bcc field is displayed as a new address line under? To? and? Cc ?.

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The email window with the Bcc field activated.
Note

If you have activated the Bcc field in Outlook in the desktop application, it is displayed by default when creating new messages. The Bcc button is marked. If you want to disable the Bcc field, just click the highlighted button again.

Reply or forward with Bcc

  1. Click? Reply? or? Resend? to compose a reply or forward message in the reading pane.
  2. Click the button? Bcc? in the area? Show fields ?.
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Replies and forwarding are written by default in the reading area of ​​the Outlook window. If you also want to write these messages in a new window, use the button? Drafts ?.

This is how you send a blind copy in Outlook: Bcc in Office 356

As an Office 365 user, the Blind Carbon Copy feature is also available online. The Outlook Bcc field in the web user interface is also hidden by default.

Proceed as follows to display the Bcc field in Outlook on the web :

  1. Sign in to Outlook on the web.
  2. Click? New message? or in? Reply? or? Resend ?.

Activate the Bcc field by clicking the button of the same name at the top right of the line? To ?.

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The Outlook on the web user interface, in the standard version without Bcc.

The Bcc field is displayed as a new address line under? To? and? CC ?.

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The Outlook-Web application with the Bcc field activated.

Show Bcc recipients in sent messages.

E-mail addresses that have been entered in the Bcc field in Outlook remain hidden from the recipients of the message, regardless of whether the message was sent in the address? To ?,? CC? or? BCC ?. Only you, as the sender of the message, can see the Bcc recipients later.

To do this, go to the "Sent Items" folder. Bcc recipients are displayed in the message header area.

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