What Does Hide From Address Book Option Do? (2024)

This feature availability depends on your plan.

Hide from Address Book is an option that allows the Administrator to hide an object from the Address Book.

Note: If an object is hidden from the address book, the mailbox will not be visible in the Global Address List. Names that are not visible in the address book cannot be found by services or features that rely on the Global AddressList, such as the Auto-complete featureand Outlook Profile Helper. The Profile Helper relies on the Global Address List to create a profile and cannot be used for any mailbox that has been hidden from the address book.

The objects that can be hidden from the Global Address List include:

• Exchange mailbox
• Distribution List, Company Contact, and Resource Mailbox

Exchange mailbox

To hide an Exchange mailbox:

1. Navigate to Services > Mailboxes > Exchange Mailboxes
2. Click on the Display Name of the mailbox you want to hide
   

   

3. Under Exchange, click Advanced Settings
4. Check the Hide from address book box and click Save Changes
   

   

Distribution List, Company Contact, and Resource Mailbox

To hide a Distribution List, a Company Contact or a Resource Mailbox from the Address Book:

1. Find the object on the corresponding tab
2. Click on the Display Name
3. Click Hide from address book