Responding to Appointment Invitations

Learn how to reply to an appointment invitation if you are being added to an appointment.

You will receive the following notifications:

You are informed about this appointment in the Notification area.
You will receive an email with an appointment invitation when having enabled email notifications for appointments in the Calendar section of the notification settings.

You can respond to the invitation with Confirm, Maybe or Decline. You can always change the status later.

How to answer an appointment invitation in the notification area:

In the menu bar, click the Notifications icon . The info area opens. Appointment invitations will be displayed below Invitations.

To display the suggested appointment in the calendar, click on the date below the appointment title.
Use one of the following methods:
- To reply to the appointment invitation without a comment, click on one of the buttons Accept, Maybe, Decline.
- To reply to the appointment invitation with a comment, click the Add comment icon .
  
  Select one of the options Accept, Maybe, Decline in the Change confirmation window. If required, enter a comment.

Result: The appointment will be added to your calendar.

Note: In the Advanced settings section of the calendar settings, you can define whether declined appointments will be displayed.

How to answer an appointment invitation in an email invitation:

Open an email with an appointment invitation in the Email application.
Use one of the following methods:
- To reply to the appointment invitation without a comment, click on one of the buttons Accept, Maybe, Decline.
- To reply to the appointment invitation with a comment, click the Add comment icon .
  
  Select one of the options Accept, Maybe, Decline in the Change confirmation window. If required, enter a comment.

Result: If you accept the appointment, it will be entered in your calendar.

Note: In the Calendarsection of the notification settings, you can define whether the invitation email is automatically deleted when accepting or declining an appointment.

User interface:

The notification area