This article explains how to disable the Teams Meeting Add-in feature for Outlook.
The Teams Meeting add-in lets users schedule a Teams meeting from Outlook. The add-in is available for Outlook on Windows, Mac, Web, and Mobile.
The add-in is automatically installed for users who have Microsoft Teams and either Office 2013, Office 2016, or Office 2019 installed on their Windows PC.
If you would like to disable this add-in, please use the instructions included in this article to make this change for your account.
These instructions apply to the Outlook Desktop App for Microsoft 365 and Outlook 2019 for Windows.
To disable the Teams Meeting Add-in feature for Outlook, follow these steps:
These instructions apply to the Outlook Desktop App for Microsoft 365 and Outlook 2016 for Windows.
To ensure that Teams meetings are not automatically added to your calendar:
These steps apply to Outlook for Mac Version 16.88.1 (24082514) or later.
Older versions like Outlook 2016 for Mac or earlier might not have the exact same interface or options, so these steps may not apply to them.
_____________________________________________________________
To ensure that Teams meetings are not automatically added to your calendar:
The instructions below apply to Outlook for Mac versions that have the “Preferences” menu option. These versions support the feature for managing online meeting options in the Calendar settings.
If you’re using Outlook 2016 for Mac or older versions, the interface and options might differ slightly, and the specific setting to “Add online meeting to all meetings” might not be available or could be located in a different menu.
__________________________________________________________________
To disable the Teams Meeting Add-in feature in Outlook for Mac, follow these steps:
Follow these steps to in the Outlook Web App (OWA) to disable the Teams Meeting Add-in.
Note: If you are also using the Outlook desktop application, log out of the desktop app and log back in again to have the change take effect.
The link below offers macOS instructions as detailed in a Microsoft Community article:
How to disable the Teams Meeting Add-in feature in Outlook for Mac OS
This panel demonstrates how to remove the Teams link from your Teams calendar event.
__________________
New Calendar Event
When scheduling a new meeting, you must turn off the Online meeting toggle to prevent a Teams link from getting generated.
____________________________
Update Existing Calendar Event