How to Send an Email Without Showing Recipients

Want to know how to send emails without showing recipients? By the end of this article, you will understand how to add undisclosed recipients to your emails. As a bonus, you will learn how the Clean Email solution can declutter your mailbox too!

What Are Undisclosed Recipients?

Undisclosed recipients are like hidden email addresses. They are used if you don’t want to send individual messages to a bulk audience and to hide contact details from other readers. This method saves time and effort and protects privacy.

If you are sending a message to lots of people, you do not want their details to be visible to everyone, especially if you are sending a newsletter, or a message to individuals who do not know each other.

To send an email to undisclosed recipients, you need to use the BCC section when adding recipients. BCC stands for Blind Carbon Copy.

Overall, sending emails to undisclosed recipients protects the privacy of yourself and the recipients, it also appears cleaner, and professional. Read more about the other email etiquette rules.

On the flip side, if you do not hide recipients, your emails will look messy, and unprofessional, and privacy can be breached. So, keep reading to learn how to send emails without showing recipients!

When To Send Emails Without Showing Recipients

A few reasons why you should send emails to undisclosed recipients are.

Once you have learnt how to hide email recipients you can safely, and professionally send bulk emails. Get more tips and tricks for effective email communication!

How To Send An Email To Undisclosed Recipients

Here's how to send an email without showing recipients using different mail services.

Most email providers have the BCC field available by default; however, sometimes you need to enable this within the settings.

💡 Note: Remember to use BCC and not CC when adding undisclosed recipients. Learn more about what CC in email is.

Gmail

How to send an email without showing recipients in Gmail by using the BCC feature.

Web

  1. Login to your Gmail on the web.
  2. Click the Compose button at the top of the screen.
  3. Click the Bcc tab at the top of the New Message (if not available, click the Recipients field).
  4. Type in the email address or addresses you want to send the message to.
  5. Compose your message.
  6. Click Send.

Mobile

  1. Open the Gmail app on your mobile device.
  2. Click the Compose button.
  3. Tap the downward arrow within the compose box.
  4. This opens the recipient options. Click Bcc.
  5. Enter email address or addresses to send messages to.
  6. Finish composing the message.
  7. Send!

Outlook

How to send an email in Outlook without showing recipients.

Web version

  1. Log into Outlook in the web browser.
  2. Click to create a New message. This will open it in the reading pane.
  3. Locate the Bcc option in the To field. Click Bcc.
  4. Click BccClick Bcc
  5. Bcc section now shows beneath Cc.
  6. Enter recipients. Compose your message and send it.

Desktop

How to send an email without showing recipients in Outlook when BCC isn’t set as default.

  1. Open the Outlook desktop client.
  2. Click New Email.
  3. A separate window will open. Now click Options.
  4. Select BCC in Show Fields.
  5. Now the BCC will show under the CC section.
  6. Add recipients. Compose your message and click Send.

Mobile

  1. Open the Outlook mobile app.
  2. Click + to create a new message.
  3. Tap the downward arrow within the To field.
  4. Click + to create a new messageClick + to create a new message
  5. Now enter recipients into the Bcc field.
  6. Compose your message and click Send.

Yahoo

How to use undisclosed recipients in Yahoo.

Web

  1. Login to Yahoo Mail on the web.
  2. Click Compose to create a message.
  3. See CC/BCC at the end of the To Field. Click to add them below.
  4. Click CC/BCC at the end of the To FieldClick CC/BCC at the end of the To Field
  5. Add recipients to the BCC field.
  6. Compose the message and send it.

Mobile

  1. Open the Yahoo mobile app.
  2. Create a new message.
  3. To show CC/BCC tap the downward arrow within the To field.
  4. To show CC/BCC tap the To fieldTo show CC/BCC tap the To field
  5. Now enter recipients into the BCC field.
  6. Compose the message.
  7. Click Send.

How To Send Mass Email And Hide Recipients

A few ways to easily send an email to a large group of people is to make sure you have recipients saved as contacts.

Once you start typing, contacts will show up within the BCC section. You can quickly click contacts from here.

Another handy trick is to create a contact group for all desired recipients of your emails. Then all you need to do is click the group you want to send the message to, and the message will be sent to undisclosed recipients.

Declutter Your Mailbox with Clean Email

Though Clean Email isn’t an email client, so you cannot send or write emails with it, the app can help increase email productivity within the workplace and assist you with decluttering your mailbox.

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You can automate routine email management tasks with the app’s Auto Clean feature. This makes cleaning your mailbox so much easier, and you will waste less time sorting your mail.

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For example, you can create a rule to move emails to trash, archive, or a designated folder.

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You can always edit, pause, and remove any automated rules you create within the Auto Clean view on the left-side panel.

With Unsubscriber you can get rid of unwanted subscriptions with one click. Unclogging your mailbox and getting rid of notifications! This works by sending an unsubscribe request and completing unsubscribe forms on your behalf.

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Smart Folders uses predefined filters to automatically organise your whole mailbox. It sorts similar emails into groups making it easier to find and sort emails yourself. For example, you can view all shopping-related messages in the Online shopping Smart Folder.

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The Privacy Monitor feature will run checks against your email address to find out if it hasn’t been involved in a data breach or security incident. If you are alerted by the end of this check, Clean Email will give you suggestions on what to do next.

💡 Note: Clean Email has been created with your privacy and security in mind. All data is encrypted and never shared, sold, or given away to anyone.

Wondering to get more tips and tricks? Check out our guides about how email threads work and what the common email mistakes are.


How To Send An Email Without Showing Recipients - FAQs

How do you send an email to multiple undisclosed recipients?

Type email addresses into the BCC section when composing a message. If recipients are not saved as contacts, you will have to do this manually. If they are saved as contacts, you can create a contact group.

Does BCC in email hide the addresses?

BCC stands for Blind Carbon Copy. So, no one can see who the email has been sent to.

How to find out who undisclosed recipients are?

Only the person who has sent the message can see who the undisclosed recipients are. If you are a recipient, you will not be able to see any contact details.

Can you reply to undisclosed recipients?

No, when you reply to a message as a BCC recipient, it will only send your reply back to the individual who originally sent the message.

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