Can you change a Teams meeting to a non-Teams meeting?

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Can you change a Teams meeting to a non-Teams meeting?

Nina Anand 21

I created a recurring meeting and accidentally added it as a Teams meeting, but we wanted to use Zoom for it. People are confused about whether to use Teams/Zoom. Is there a way to just turn off Teams or do I have to cancel and create a new meeting?

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Answer 1

M. Thevarajan 11

It's annoying that Teams activates and converts the event unprompted, whenever you add other parties in scheduling assistant tab, and you must then use the Don't Host Online button under the Meeting tab.

Chris Estey 15 Reputation points

2023-09-11T18:24:02.7266667+00:00

I want to bump this comment. Teams will make something an online meeting by default. Then, there is no way to change it except to cancel the meeting? This is awful. Sometimes you really cannot cancel a meeting that was difficult to arrange and expect people to take that the right way. This really much be addressed.
Stewart McGhie (Riedel) 10 Reputation points

2024-02-12T18:03:18.92+00:00

So many people asking this but Microsoft not listening as usual.
Scott Welker 5 Reputation points

2025-04-08T18:02:28.0066667+00:00

I'd like to add my voice to Chris Estey's. It is often impractical and disruptive to cancel a meeting. Bad form.

Answer 2

Vasil Michev 119.8K MVP Volunteer Moderator

It's best to cancel it, and you'd probably want to "end" the corresponding meeting chat in Teams (or boot all participants out of it).

Nina Anand 21 Reputation points

2022-01-07T19:27:11.98+00:00

thanks!
JimmyYang-MSFT 58,646 Reputation points Moderator

2022-01-10T06:37:38.427+00:00

@Nina Anand

As michev said above, you need to cancel this Teams meeting in your Teams calendar.

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JimmyYang-MSFT 58,646 Reputation points Moderator

2022-01-13T06:59:19.17+00:00

@Nina Anand

It has been a while, how is everything going?
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JimmyYang-MSFT 58,646 Reputation points Moderator

2022-01-21T09:56:22.547+00:00

@Nina Anand

I am checking the status of this case. Please let us know if you would like further assistance.

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Thank you for your understanding and patience!

Answer 3

Luiz 0

Customize your outlook options bar and add "Don't Host Online" to it (the botton will be active).

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Can you change a Teams meeting to a non-Teams meeting?

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