Outlook: Filter Emails to a Folder
last updated 11/30/2023
What is Filtering Emails to a Folder?
You may want to file certain emails to a specific folder instead of getting lost in your Inbox. With Rules, you can send mail that meets certain criteria (sender, subject includes, message includes, etc) into a specified folder.
You will need a folder for the mail items to go into. Follow the instructions below to create a new folder and setup a new rule.
1. Open the Microsoft Outlook application on your computer (not the web version).
2. Right click on "Inbox".
3. Click "New Folder..."
4. Name the folder and press ENTER.
Depending on how may folders you have, this new folder may be moved to the bottom of your folder list.
5. Open an email from the sender whose mail you want to filter.
6. Look at the top bar and Click the "Rules" button in the "Move" group.
7. Click "Create Rule"
8. Select parameters for your rules
9. Under "Do the following" click the "Move the item to folder:" & select folder
10: Choose a folder and click "ok"
11. Click the "OK" button on the Create Rule dialog box.
NOTE: It will then prompt you to run the rule on all emails in the current folder, if you click the checkbox and then click the "OK" button, the message will be moved to the new folder.
If you leave the checkbox empty, the rule will run on all future emails from this sender.
The rule will be applied to any NEW email messages received where the rule is met.
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