How to Add a Contact in Outlook (2026)
Add a contact in Outlook from scratch or straight from an email, edit details, and save to People — in new Outlook, classic Outlook, the web, and mobile.
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Add a contact in Outlook from scratch or straight from an email, edit details, and save to People — in new Outlook, classic Outlook, the web, and mobile.
Add a hyperlink in an Outlook email, turn text into a clickable link, link an image, or edit and remove a link — in new Outlook, classic, and on the web.
Attach an email to another email in Outlook by dragging it or using Attach Item, and forward as an attachment — new Outlook, classic, web, and mobile.
Move the Outlook reading pane to the right, bottom, or off, and adjust preview and mark-as-read behavior — in new Outlook, classic Outlook, web, and mobile.
Create a Search Folder in Outlook to auto-collect unread, flagged, or large emails, or build a custom one — plus what to use in new Outlook and on the web.
Decline a meeting in Outlook, add a note, decline without sending a response, or decline a whole recurring series — in new Outlook, classic, and on the web.
Empty the Deleted Items folder in Outlook, clear it on exit automatically, and recover emails before they're gone — new Outlook, classic, web, and mobile.
Find archived emails in Outlook by opening the Archive folder, searching all folders, or locating a .pst file — in new Outlook, classic, web, and mobile.
Insert a table in an Outlook email, set rows and columns, paste one from Excel, and format it — in new Outlook, classic Outlook, and on the web.
Propose a new time for a meeting in Outlook, check the organizer's free/busy, and respond to a proposed time — in new Outlook, classic Outlook, and on the web.
Turn on week numbers in the Outlook calendar and set which week the year starts on — in new Outlook, classic Outlook, Outlook on the web, and mobile.
Stop real emails landing in Junk in Outlook by marking Not Junk, adding safe senders, and lowering the filter level — new Outlook, classic, web, and mobile.
Sync Outlook email, calendar, and contacts with Android using the Outlook app or the built-in Gmail/Calendar apps, and fix sync that stops working.
Turn off Outlook email and calendar notifications, mute desktop and banner alerts, and silence mobile push — in new Outlook, classic Outlook, web, and mobile.