Disabling read receipts in Outlook on Mac OS

I've had to find a way to disable read receipts in Outlook on Mac OS. I saw a few posts here but none had a solution. Just sharing my workaround, hopefully this helps other users.


Open up a terminal and configure Outlook read receipt behavior using the commands below.


To disable sending receipts altogether, run


$ defaults write com.microsoft.Outlook Send_read_receipt 0


To disable the warning pop-up, run


$ defaults write com.microsoft.Outlook Dont_show_send_read_receipt_warning_sheet 1


To revert the behavior, rerun the same commands with opposite values.


To see current settings, run

$ defaults read com.microsoft.Outlook | grep receipt
  "Dont_show_send_read_receipt_warning_sheet" = 0;
  "Send_read_receipt" = 0;


MacBook Pro (2021)

Posted on Jun 8, 2023 9:51 PM

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Posted on Jun 9, 2023 11:59 AM

Dmitry_K_ wrote:

I've had to find a way to disable read receipts in Outlook on Mac OS. I saw a few posts here but none had a solution. Just sharing my workaround, hopefully this helps other users.

Open up a terminal and configure Outlook read receipt behavior using the commands below.

To disable sending receipts altogether, run

$ defaults write com.microsoft.Outlook Send_read_receipt 0

To disable the warning pop-up, run

$ defaults write com.microsoft.Outlook Dont_show_send_read_receipt_warning_sheet 1

To revert the behavior, rerun the same commands with opposite values.

To see current settings, run
$ defaults read com.microsoft.Outlook | grep receipt
"Dont_show_send_read_receipt_warning_sheet" = 0;
"Send_read_receipt" = 0;


thx.

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Jun 9, 2023 11:59 AM in response to Dmitry_K_

Dmitry_K_ wrote:

I've had to find a way to disable read receipts in Outlook on Mac OS. I saw a few posts here but none had a solution. Just sharing my workaround, hopefully this helps other users.

Open up a terminal and configure Outlook read receipt behavior using the commands below.

To disable sending receipts altogether, run

$ defaults write com.microsoft.Outlook Send_read_receipt 0

To disable the warning pop-up, run

$ defaults write com.microsoft.Outlook Dont_show_send_read_receipt_warning_sheet 1

To revert the behavior, rerun the same commands with opposite values.

To see current settings, run
$ defaults read com.microsoft.Outlook | grep receipt
"Dont_show_send_read_receipt_warning_sheet" = 0;
"Send_read_receipt" = 0;


thx.

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