Become a delegate or stop being a delegate in Outlook 2016 for Mac

Before you can become a delegate, another person must grant you delegate access to a Microsoft Exchange account. You may receive an email notifying you that you have been granted delegate access to someone's calendar, contacts, or email. To access the items for which you are a delegate, you must add the person who granted you access to your People I am a delegate for list. When you want to stop being a delegate for someone, you need to remove the person from the list.

Become a delegate for someone else

Important: To become a delegate, you need to have a Microsoft Exchange account.

1. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.

2. Click the Exchange account that you will use to access the delegated items, click Advanced, and then click Delegates.

3. Under People I am a delegate for, click Add  .

4. Type the name of the person who added you as a delegate.

5. Click the person's name in the search results, and then click Add.

Stop being a delegate for someone else

1. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.

2. Click the Exchange account that you want to change, click Advanced, and then click the Delegates tab.

3. Under People I am a delegate for, click the person for whom you want to stop being a delegate, and then click Remove   .

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