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Apology Email to Team for Missing an Important Meeting

Use this template when you have missed a scheduled team meeting and need to apologize to your colleagues. This email is appropriate for situations where your absence may have disrupted the agenda, delayed decisions, or inconvenienced team members who were expecting your participation or input during the discussion.

Subject: My Apologies for Missing Today's [Meeting Name] Meeting Dear [Team/Department Name] Team,
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Apology Email to Colleague for a Workplace Misunderstanding

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Apology Email for Sending the Wrong Attachment

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Apology Email for Missing an Important Event

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Apology Email to a Coworker for Taking Credit

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How to customize this template quickly

  1. Replace each placeholder with your real details.
  2. Adjust one sentence for your exact timeline and context.
  3. Read once for tone, then send.

Key placeholders in this version

[Meeting Name][Team/Department Name][meeting name, e.g., weekly project sync, quarterly planning session, sprint review][date and time][honest explanation, e.g., a scheduling conflict that I failed to flag in advance, an unexpected personal matter that arose at the last minute, a miscommunication about the meeting time on my end][Action taken, e.g., I have reviewed the meeting notes and recording shared by [Colleague's Name][Action taken, e.g., I have followed up individually with [Colleague's Name][Action taken, e.g., I have prepared the update I was expected to deliver and have shared it via [email/Slack/project management tool]

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