How to disable '@' mentions in Microsoft Outlook?
Back in 2016, Microsoft announced the '@' mentions feature in Microsoft Outlook which allows you to get someone's attention in the body of the email message or a meeting invite very easily. Now the company added an option to disable mentions in Outlook.
If you don't like this feature and would like to disable '@' mentions in Microsoft Outlook, follow the simple mentioned steps below.
If you don't know about the '@' mentions feature in Microsoft Outlook, here's you can find a demonstration of the same.
With the latest Office Insiders build (version 2004, build: 16.0.12718.20010), Microsoft added an option in Microsoft Outlook that allows users to disable the '@' mentions in mail/meeting body.
How to disable '@' mentions in Microsoft Outlook?
- Open the Microsoft Outlook.
- Select
File | Options | Mail . - Under the
Send Messages section, clear the checkbox labeledSuggest names to mention when I use the @ symbol in a message as shown in the following screenshot: - Click
OK . - Restart the Microsoft Outlook for the changes to take effect.

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