Other Ways to Say “Please Keep Me Updated”

On this page13 sections

1. Quick picker
2. Professional alternatives for email
3. Ask for a specific update instead
4. Casual alternatives
5. When the news matters to the other person
6. Which preposition goes with which phrase
7. When someone asks you to keep them updated
8. Three short email endings
9. In team chat, texts and meeting notes
10. Tone traps
11. Common mistakes
12. Practice
13. Quick answers

The most useful other ways to say “please keep me updated” are please keep me posted (friendly), please keep me informed (neutral and safe for work), I’d appreciate being kept in the loop (polite, a little corporate) and please let me know once … followed by the exact thing you are waiting for. That last one is usually the best choice: “Please let me know once the contract is signed” gets you an answer; “Keep me updated” often gets you nothing, because nobody knows what counts as an update.

Below are the alternatives grouped by situation – work email, a specific deadline, a friend going through something – with notes on tone, the prepositions each phrase takes, ways to reply when someone asks you to keep them updated, and a short practice set.

Quick picker

Professional alternatives for email

These all work in a work email. They are listed roughly from most neutral to most formal.

• Please keep me informed. The safest swap. It sounds polite without being stiff. Add what you mean: “Please keep me informed of any changes to the delivery date.”
• Please let me know if there are any updates. Softer than an instruction, because the update is conditional. Good for someone outside your team or a supplier.
• I’d appreciate an update when you have one. Polite and patient; it admits the other person may not know yet. Useful when you have already asked once.
• Please keep me posted. Friendly but still professional in most offices, especially in North American English. It is a fixed phrase: “keep me posted on the launch”, never “keep me post”.
• I’d appreciate being kept in the loop. Corporate and common. “In the loop” means included in the group that receives information. Some readers find it jargon-heavy, so use it once, not in every email.
• Please copy me on (cc me on) any updates. Practical when updates will go to someone else and you just want to see them.
• Please keep me apprised of any developments. Formal, common in legal, medical and senior management writing. Apprised means informed. It is often misspelled as appraised, which means valued – a mistake readers notice.
• Please keep me abreast of the situation. Formal and slightly old-fashioned. “Abreast” means level with, so you are asking to keep up with events. It works best for something that keeps changing, such as a negotiation or a market.

If you are asking a senior person, frame it as a preference, not an instruction: “If it’s no trouble, I’d love to hear how the board meeting goes.” “Please keep me informed” from a junior employee to a director can read like an order.

Ask for a specific update instead

“Keep me updated” leaves the other person to guess what you want, how often, and by when. Naming the trigger or the date is clearer and usually more polite, because it saves them the guessing.

Giving a reason (“so I can book the venue”, “so I can tell the client”) makes people far more likely to remember your request, because they know what depends on it.

Casual alternatives

With friends, family and close colleagues you can be much shorter:

• Keep me posted! – the everyday casual version.
• Let me know how it goes. – for an event that will finish: an interview, a date, a first day at work.
• Let me know what happens. – for a situation that is still unfolding.
• Fill me in later. / Fill me in when you get back. – asks for the full story afterwards.
• Text me when you hear. / Message me when you know. – names the channel, which makes it feel natural.
• Give me a heads-up if … – for advance warning: “Give me a heads-up if you’re running late.”
• Loop me in. – workplace slang; fine in team chat.
• I want to hear everything! – warm and enthusiastic, for good news you are expecting.
• Don’t leave me hanging! – playful; you really want to know.

When the news matters to the other person

If someone is waiting for medical results, a court date or news about a family member, “keep me updated” can sound like you want a report. Put the person first and make replying optional:

• “I’m thinking of you today. Let me know how it goes, if you feel like sharing.”
• “No need to reply, but I’d love to hear when you know more.”
• “Text me whenever you’re ready – even just a thumbs-up.”
• “I hope the results are good news. I’m here if you want to talk.”

Which preposition goes with which phrase

Most style guides write “up to date” without hyphens after a verb (“keep me up to date”) and with hyphens before a noun (“an up-to-date list”). “Notify” takes “of”: “Please notify me of the result” – never “notify to me”.

When someone asks you to keep them updated

The other half of the phrase is just as common. If a manager or client writes “Please keep me updated,” these replies work:

• Will do. – short, friendly, fine with colleagues.
• Of course – I’ll keep you posted.
• I’ll let you know as soon as I hear back. – better than a general promise, because it names the trigger.
• I’ll send you an update by Thursday, even if nothing has changed. – the most reassuring reply to a worried client.
• I’ll keep you in the loop. – corporate but clear.

Then keep the promise. A one-line “No news yet – still waiting on legal; next check Friday” counts as an update and stops the other person from chasing you. For the next email in the chain, see other ways to say “I will follow up with you” and other ways to say “thanks for the follow-up”.

Three short email endings

To a client: “Thanks for confirming the order. Please let me know once it ships, and send the tracking number if you can, so I can tell the site team when to expect it.”

To a colleague: “Sounds good – keep me posted on the vendor call. If the price changes, could you flag it before Thursday’s budget meeting?”

To a recruiter after an interview: “Thank you again for your time today. I’d be grateful for any update on the timeline, and I’m happy to provide anything else you need.” (For more on that last line, see ways to say “let me know if you need more information”.)

In team chat, texts and meeting notes

Short channels need short versions. These read naturally in Slack, Teams or a text:

• “Keep me posted” – the standard reply when a colleague says they are working on something.
• “Ping me when it’s live.” – “ping” means send a quick message; common in tech and office chat.
• “Lmk how it goes” – “let me know” abbreviated; fine with friends and close teammates, too casual for a client.
• “Any news on the contract?” – the polite way to chase an update you were promised.
• “Can you drop an update in the channel by EOD?” – asks for the update where the whole team can see it (“EOD” = end of day).

In meeting notes or a task list, turn the request into an action with an owner and a date: “Priya to send status update on vendor pricing – Fri.” That does more than any polite phrase, because everyone can see who promised what.

Tone traps

• Too much “loop”. “Keep me in the loop” is fine once. “Loop me in”, “keep me looped” and “close the loop” in the same thread sound like buzzwords.
• “Please advise.” It is a standard formal request for instructions, but on its own at the end of a short email it can read as curt. “Could you let me know how you’d like to proceed?” is warmer.
• Chasing. If you are asking again, acknowledge it without blame: “Just checking in on the contract – any news?” rather than “As I asked before, please keep me updated.”
• Demanding speed. “Update me ASAP!” sounds impatient in writing. “Could you let me know as soon as you hear?” asks for the same thing.
• Too formal with friends. “Kindly keep me apprised” to a friend about their date sounds like a joke – which is fine only if you mean it as one.

Common mistakes

Practice

Rewrite each “keep me updated” for the situation in brackets.

1. Keep me updated on the shipment. (A supplier; you need to schedule the installers.)
2. Keep me updated! (A friend is going on a first date.)
3. Please keep me updated about the merger talks. (Formal letter from a lawyer’s office.)
4. Keep me updated on the budget. (A colleague; you only care if it goes over.)
5. Keep me updated on your mum. (A friend whose mother is in hospital.)
6. Your manager writes “Keep me updated.” Reply in one line.

Possible answers: 1. Please let me know once it ships, so I can book the installers. 2. Have fun – I want to hear everything! / Let me know how it goes! 3. Please keep us apprised of any developments in the merger talks. 4. Could you flag it if the budget looks like going over? 5. I’m thinking of you both. Let me know how she’s doing whenever you feel like it. 6. Will do – I’ll send an update by Friday.

Quick answers

Is “please keep me updated” rude or unprofessional? No. It is polite and normal in work email. The only weakness is vagueness; adding what and when makes it better.

Is “keep me posted” professional? Yes, in most workplaces. It is friendlier than “keep me informed”. In a very formal letter, use “keep me informed” or “keep me apprised”.

What’s the difference between “keep me updated” and “update me”? “Keep me updated” asks for news over time. “Update me” or “Can you give me an update?” asks for one update now.

Can I say “keep me in the loop” to my boss? Yes, if your office talks that way; it is neutral business English. “Please keep me informed” is the safer choice if you are unsure.

Is it “keep me apprised” or “keep me appraised”? Apprised. “Appraised” means valued or assessed.

“Keep me in the loop” and “keep me abreast” are small idioms: the words mean something other than their literal sense. For more on how phrases like these work, see our guide to figurative language.