# Tracking emails after the fact

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/tracking-emails-after-the-fact/23634>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** workflows\
**Created:** [July 31, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/tracking-emails-after-the-fact/23634 "2020-07-31T10:34:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Cruchay](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/cruchay/32/30191_2.png) [@Cruchay](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Cruchay)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/tracking-emails-after-the-fact/23634/1 "2020-07-31T10:34:35Z")

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Hi,

We are having a problem tracking emails after we have sent them and have forgotten to click the track email button. I mean, I have sent an email to a prospect and forgot to log it. I know that I can forward it using the forward to hub spot functioality, but for it to log to the contact, I have to put them in BCC, which would mean that they would get my email again, which I definitely don’t want. Can I suggest a way that the email can be tracked after it has been sent without the recipient needing to be in BCC?

Thank you,

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**Author:** ![Kaci\_CO](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/kaci_co/32/82448_2.png) [@Kaci\_CO](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Kaci_CO)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/tracking-emails-after-the-fact/23634/2 "2022-10-28T16:29:27Z")

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Hello! I was wondering if there were a way to tick a box after an email has sent. We had that with another CRM, and it was so much cleaner than the forward option. I have never put a recipient in BCC--I just use the account# at [forward.hubspot.com](http://forward.hubspot.com). BUT: Being able to check (or uncheck) Track from within Outlook sent items would be a tremendous time saver--and it would look nicer in the contact record. Thank you!