How to Hide Recipients in Emails: 5 Steps

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How to Hide Recipients in Emails: 5 Steps
How to Hide Recipients in Emails: 5 Steps
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For privacy reasons, you may need to send an email to someone without showing the other recipients or vice-versa. These instructions are suitable for those who use Hotmail.

Steps

Send an Undisclosed Recipients Email Step 1
Send an Undisclosed Recipients Email Step 1

Step 1. Open "Contacts" and enter a new entry

Type "Reserved" (without the quotes) in the First Name box and "Recipients" in the Last Name box.

Send an Undisclosed Recipients Email Step 2
Send an Undisclosed Recipients Email Step 2

Step 2. If your e-mail program requires at least one e-mail address to be included in the "To" field, enter your address

Gmail doesn't require it. Otherwise, leave this field blank, unless there is a recipient you want to show everyone else.

Send an Undisclosed Recipients Email Step 3
Send an Undisclosed Recipients Email Step 3

Step 3. In some email programs, you will need to change "View As" to "Reserved Recipients"

Type "Reserved Recipients" (without quotes) or select this option when the box appears.

Send an Undisclosed Recipients Email Step 4
Send an Undisclosed Recipients Email Step 4

Step 4. Click on "Show Cc and Bcc" and type all the addresses you want to send an email to in the Bcc field

This abbreviation stands for "Hidden Carbon Copy" and will send a copy of the email to all addresses listed, but will not show their email address to other recipients.

Send an Undisclosed Recipients Email Step 5
Send an Undisclosed Recipients Email Step 5

Step 5. Complete your email and click "Send" when done

Advice

  • The above procedure should work for most email services, but there is no guarantee.
  • The "Reserved Recipients" message will be useless if you type their name (eg Dear XXX, ZZZ etc.) in the body of the message!

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