Editing a meeting description without sending another email to all attendees

Kathryn Freeman 0 Reputation points
2026-08-25T18:28:17.4166667+00:00

I'm trying to edit a meeting description for an upcoming meeting on my calendar without sending another email to all attendees. When I close the meeting screen, it only asks if I want to discard or cancel changes. I do not have a save option. Any assistance would be appreciated.

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  1. Ryan-N 15,470 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-08-25T18:54:15.7966667+00:00

    Hi Kathryn,

    Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A forum.

    At this time, when you edit the description of a meeting and save it in Outlook on the web, Outlook will automatically send a meeting update (Send Update) to the participants.

    To make this change without sending a notification, you will need to use Outlook Classic.

    You can open the meeting in Outlook Classic and edit the description. After making your changes, you can click Save instead of Send Update.

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    In addition, you may share this experience with the Microsoft product development team through the official feedback portal:

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    This is where Microsoft listens to customer feedback. If an idea or user experience receives significant interest and engagement from the community, Microsoft may consider adding a feature in the future that allows meeting content to be updated without sending notifications to participants.

    If you have any questions or need further assistance, please feel free to share them in the comments on this post so I can continue to support you.

    I look forward to continuing the conversation.

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  2. Hornblower409 14,425 Reputation points
    2026-09-03T17:02:11.0066667+00:00

    @Kathryn Freeman said

    Editing a meeting description without sending another email to all attendees

    Instead of creating, yet another duplicate Feature Request, you can Vote for and Comment on this existing Request:

    Ability to edit calendar [invite without] sending updates
    https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/a3d97497-be6b-f011-95f2-7c1e52a55eeb

    (You must "Sign In" at the top right of the Feedback page before you can vote).

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