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How to send gmail to group without showing recipients

When sending a group email, sometimes you don’t want to display all of the group member emails in the “To” field of the email, as it’s visible to everyone. Another reason might be that if any of the recipients click “reply all”, they will inadvertently send a message to everyone listed. The trick is to use the “Bcc” field for the group. “Bcc” means “Black Carbon Copy”, which basically means that the Bcc field is not visible to the email recipients.

Steps:

  • First, create a new group in your Gmail contacts. Go to your Gmail contacts and create a new label. Labels are used to create group contacts in Gmail:

How to send gmail to group without showing recipients

  • Assign all of the contacts you want in the group with the new label:

How to send gmail to group without showing recipients

  • Back in Gmail, just add the group (label) in the “Bcc” field. Then send your email:

How to send gmail to group without showing recipients

How to send gmail to group without showing recipients

See the steps in action below:

How do I send a group email without showing all recipients?

BCC – Undisclosed Recipients Create the email and then start to input the email addresses you want to send it to in the BCC. The BCC stands for Blind Carbon Copy. That means no one can see who the email is going to. When you send the message, it will be sent to all of the people in your BCC.

Is the a way to send a group email on Gmail without showing?

If you use BCC, then everyone's email is hidden from all other recipients. This then makes it a good option for group emails where you don't necessarily want everyone to have access to others' emails.

How do I hide email addresses in a group email?

When you're using BCC for your mass mail, you will be able to hide the recipients. It's a very easy way to hide the recipients and every popular email client offers the BCC option. BCC is short for 'Blank Carbon Copy'. Recipients of these emails will be able to see all the 'To:' and 'CC:' recipients.