How to add an Email account to Outlook (PC)

There are many different types of email accounts you can add to Outlook, including Office 365, Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, and Exchange accounts.

These steps are the same whether you’re adding your first email account or additional email accounts to Outlook.

1. Select File > Add Account.
2. What you see next depends on your version of Outlook.

   For Outlook for Office 365 and Outlook 2016

   For Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010

   Enter your email address and click Connect.

   Enter your name, email address, and password, and click Next.

3. If prompted, enter your password again, then select OK > Finish to start using your email account in Outlook.

If you need instructions for adding an email account using advanced settings, see Use advanced setup to add a POP or IMAP email account in Outlook for PC.

To update your email settings such as incoming and outgoing server names, see Update your email settings in Outlook for PC.

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