How to Add Bcc or Cc Recipients in Outlook.com

Email & Messaging

Updated May 04, 2019

When sending an email in Outlook.com, you can easily copy it to other recipients using Cc (carbon copy). If you want to copy other recipients but not have those recipients and their email addresses revealed to those who receive the message—such as when you are emailing a group whose members do not know each other—you can use Bcc (blind carbon copy).

You might also want to use Bcc to avoid recipients using Reply to All and sending their responses to the entire group when only you should receive them.

In Outlook.com, it's simple to do either of these.

Instructions in this article apply to Outlook Online.

Add Bcc or Cc Recipients in Outlook.com Messages

To add Bcc recipients to an email you are composing on Outlook.com:

Begin a new email message by clicking New message in the upper left of Outlook.com.
In the new message, click Bcc located in the upper right corner. If you want to add Cc recipients, click Cc, also located in the upper right corner. This will add the Bcc and Cc fields to your message.
Enter recipients' email addresses in the appropriate carbon copy fields.