How to Turn Off Teams Meeting in Outlook

If you use Microsoft Teams for virtual meetings, you might have noticed that Teams Meeting is automatically added to your Outlook calendar.

While this feature can be helpful, it can also be annoying if you don’t want to use Teams for a particular meeting.

Fortunately, there’s an easy way to turn off Teams Meeting in Outlook. In this article, we’ll guide you through the steps to disable this feature.

Why Turn off Teams Meeting in Outlook?

Perhaps you prefer to use a different video conferencing tool like Zoom or Google Meet, or maybe you simply don’t want to use Teams for that particular meeting. Whatever your reason may be, turning off Teams Meeting in Outlook is a simple process.

How to Turn off Teams Meeting in Outlook

There are two ways to disable Teams Meeting in Outlook. You can either turn it off for all future meetings or disable it for a specific meeting.

Step by Step Guide to Turn off Teams Meeting in Outlook

Option 1: Disable Teams Meeting for All Future Meetings

1. Open Outlook and click on “File” in the top left corner.
2. Click on “Options” and then select “Calendar.”
3. Scroll down to the “Calendar Option”.
4. Uncheck the option “Add online meeting to all meetings.
5. Click “OK” to save your changes.

Option 2: Disable Teams Meeting for a Specific Meeting

1. Open the meeting invitation in Outlook.
2. Click on “Meeting” in the top ribbon.
3. Click on “Teams Meeting” to deselect it.
4. Save the changes to the meeting invitation.

Option 3: Disable Teams Meetings Using Powershell

To disable auto-inserting Teams Meeting in Outlook using PowerShell, please follow these steps:

1. Open PowerShell as an administrator.
2. Run the following command to connect to your Exchange Online account: Connect-ExchangeOnline.
3. Enter your Office 365 admin credentials.
4. Run the following command to disable Teams Meeting for all users: Set-CalendarProcessing -Identity <mailbox> -AddOrganizerToSubject $false -DeleteSubject $false -DeleteComments $false -RemovePrivateProperty $true -AddAdditionalResponse $false -DeleteNonCalendarItems $false -DeleteAttachments $false -DeleteCancelations $false -AddNewRequestsTentatively $false -ProcessExternalMeetingMessages $false -RemoveOldMeetingMessages $true -AddNewRequestsTentatively $false -TentativePendingApproval $false -RemoveForwardedMeetingNotifications $true -AddDelegateToSubject $false -AutomateProcessing AutoAccept.
5. Replace <mailbox> with the email address of the mailbox for which you want to disable Teams Meeting.
6. Press Enter to run the command.

Conclusion

Disabling Teams Meeting in Outlook is a straightforward process that can be done in just a few clicks. Whether you prefer to use a different video conferencing tool or simply don’t want to use Teams for a particular meeting, you can easily turn off this feature using the steps outlined above.