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What is bcc in Outlook?
Outlook Bcc Limit
Most marketing companies and multinational companies are required to email to a certain group of peoples, it is mandatory to be familiar with the limits outlook allow to their user, many users encounter limitations on their email sending in Outlook.
Outlook limits the maximum number of email addresses up to five hundred, which include [To, Cc, and Bcc] fields.
How to add BCC in Outlook
How To Enable the BCC Field in Outlook 365, 2019, 2017, 2013?
Before injecting email address on the Bcc field, enable it:
- Open Microsoft Outlook 365, 2019, 2017, 2013.
- Click on New mail from the left top corner of the screen.
- Click Options Tab >> Hit BCC in the shown field section to enable it.

- The Bcc field will appear and you can then put the contacts in there who you want to receive the mail secretly or don’t want to show a certain email address.

How To Enable the BCC Field in Outlook 2010?
Here’s how to do it in Outlook 2010:
- Open Microsoft Outlook 2010.
- Under Home tab >> Click on the New E-mail button.
- Click Options Tab >> Hit BCC in the shown field section to enable it.

The steps above add bcc to outlook 2010, from now onwards every time you compose an email message, the Bcc field is included.
Benefits of Using BCC
Bcc in Outlook also send an email message to multiple people and have a number of benefits:
- In both ways, BCC filed recipient is protected nobody will be able to see the addresses listed in the BCC field.
- In case of conversation in Outlook, all To and CC field members will get the messages but the BCC field recipient will not get any forwarded messages.
- If you have placed a large list of recipients in the To or CC field, all of them will receive a reply. By placing recipients in the BCC field, you can help protect them against receiving unnecessary replies from anyone using the Reply All feature.
How to check the recipient added in BCC Field?
Once you created an email submit the To, CC, and BCC fields and send the email, and you need to check the recipient.
- Go to the Sent Items folder in your Outlook.
- Check the email from the list you send, Double clicks the email, and open it in the new window.
- You will see the Bcc names in the header section of the message.

How do I view the Bcc recipients of email messages I receive?
Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) is designed to have privacy, nobody even the recipient is unable to see the names of other Bcc recipients. The person who created the email can see the name of all, as mentioned above.
Final Words
In conclusion, the Bcc command is one of the most rewarding features of Outlook.
It helps you keep your communications organized, it keeps your contacts out of the line of fire and it helps you establish a reputation for being a conscientious communicator.
the Bcc field is a very useful tool that can save a lot of time when you’re sending emails. Simply put, Bcc is one of the most important tools in an email sender’s toolbox, so I’m glad that I used this tutorial to learn how to use it.
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