I accidentally clicked "decline" on an Outlook invitation and now I can't reverse it -- the event has completely disappeared from my calendar!
How can I get back the event invitation and change my "Decline" to "Accept" or "tentative"?
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5Is the invite in your Deleted Items folder still?– TroggyCommented Nov 19, 2009 at 18:47
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The invite should still be in the "Deleted Items" Folder. If you go there, you will see the Accept / Decline options again. Click the correct one.
answered Nov 19, 2009 at 19:52
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25In Outlook 2013 I can't find mine in the
Deleted Itemsand I don't recall purging it. There is however one in mySent Itemswhere I replied when I declined, however it doesn't allow me to re-accept the meeting.– PeterXCommented Oct 21, 2014 at 0:30 -
6This doesn't work if you decline from the calendar app it seems...arg. Commented Feb 12, 2020 at 6:57
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2In Outlook 365 Windows 10 it shows in sent items but the accept/decline options do not show in the ribbon :-( Moving to inbox has no effect.– boardtcCommented Jun 23, 2021 at 15:09
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4I accidentally declined a single event that is part of a reoccurring event. However I did not want to decline it. Now it is removed and there is no trace of it in my mailbox
Deleted ItemsnorSent Items. You need to request a new invite from the organizer. Best what I could find from support microsoft: Show a declined meeting on my calendar Commented Sep 14, 2021 at 6:27 -
2On Outlook for Mac I tried this and it still didn't reappear on my calendar. I then forwarded the meeting to myself and it reappeared.– ec2011Commented Feb 3, 2022 at 23:20
Declined meetings that are part of a series don't appear to show up in the Deleted Items folder. Also, copying from someone's calendar doesn't work with private calendars. In this scenario, there doesn't seem to be a way to accept the meeting other than having someone resend it.
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You can go back to the original deleted series request, re-accept it, then it should repopulate all declined occurrences in that series.– PrestonCommented Aug 30, 2017 at 14:21
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14I re-accepted a series of which I had declined one instance, and the declined instance didn't get re-added to my calendar. Commented Aug 22, 2018 at 14:36
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I found a solution to restore a declined instance of a recurring meeting.– akaiholaCommented May 7 at 18:08
Microsoft writes that this issue is by design:
If a meeting request is declined, the meeting is not saved to your calendar and the meeting request message is moved to the Deleted Items folder.
There is no way to show a declined meeting on your calendar. You can only show accepted or tentative meetings on your calendar. To request this feature, go to Outlook UserVoice.
One relevant UserVoice request which can be upvoted is here.
Once you declined, Outlook copies the 'declined' reply to your Sent Items. Outlook automatically places the original invitation into your Deleted Items. Unless you have your Outlook set to either 1) automatically empty the Deleted folder upon closing Outlook, or 2) you've manually purged the Deleted items folder, you should still have the original meeting invite in your Deleted items folder. Once you locate the original invite in the Deleted folder, you can open the invite and change your response.
Periodically I accidentally delete a request before replying, and I've always had success with just dragging it out of Deleted Items back into the Inbox, then opening it and sending the reply of my choice. I'm not sure I've ever tried changing a response once sent, but all the response buttons do display, so it'd be worth a try.
With a regular email you can go to the Sent Items folder and click Recall This Message and Exchange will attempt to recall it. That option does not seem to be available for an invitation to a metting. I also looked at Matthew's answer and my version of Outlook (2003) shows only the declined invite in the deleted folder. I do not have the option to change my response. I think all you can do is ask the sender to invite you again.
