Every time I select a date in Excel, Outlook wants to schedule a meeting. HOW DO I DISABLE THIS??

Question

I'm pretty frustrated with this.

TODAY, all of a sudden, every time I select a cell with a date (in Excel) to copy, I get a pop-up message asking if I want to create a calendar event. PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!!! I have searched OPTIONS, but cannot find a way to disable this feature. I'm so annoyed with it. It is in my way when I'm trying to do something else.

See below for a clip of the offending pop-up.

Answer 1

Hi @J. Close,

The issue in the thread shared by Viorel seems to be exactly the same as what you are encountering. Please try the solution there and see if it works for you: Select Start  > Settings  > System  > Clipboard > and turn the Suggested actions toggle Off.

By the way, if it works, you can accept Viorel's post as answer so that others experiencing the same thing can easily reference this! Thanks!

Answer 2

If you are in North America, then consider changing a Windows setting:

• https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/turn-off-create-event-pop-up-in-excel-2019-when/0bf33692-dcba-4dac-98e5-851e63d189d4
• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-suggested-actions-on-your-pc-486c0527-3395-4b40-b304-f1e3cbe2f404

Answer 3

Hit the three buttons on the right of the popup and go to Clipboard Settings. Then turn off the Suggested Actions

Answer 4

Hi @J. Close,

TODAY, all of a sudden, every time I select a cell with a date (in Excel) to copy, I get a pop-up message asking if I want to create a calendar event.

Does the issue persist even if you create a new Excel workbook and entering date in some cells?

Based on your description, I tried testing in my Excel for Microsoft 365 (current channel) but didn't see any pop-up when selecting or copying a cell with date. I've also did a quick search in the release notes for Micrsoft 365 apps but didn't see any new features which could be related to this pop-up.

Given this. could you collect the detailed build number of your Excel application via File > Account > Excel so that I can try searching or testing further on this?

Besides, in order to help narrow down if it's related to any add-ins, it's suggested to follow the steps below:

1. Go to File > Options > Add-ins, select "COM Add-ins" > Go.
   
2. Clear the checkbox of all add-ins.
3. Reopen Excel and see check the result. If it works fine, you can try re-enabling add-ins one by one to find out the culprit.

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