Make Outlook your default application for e-mail, calendar, and contacts

Applies To
Outlook 2016 for Mac

You can make Outlook open automatically when you click a link to send e-mail (sometimes called a "mailto" link) in a document or on a Web page. Similarly, you can make events and contacts open in Outlook when you open them from the Finder or the desktop.

  1. On the Outlook menu, click Tools > Accounts.
  2. Select the account you want to make the default.
  3. Click the Settings icon at the bottom of the pane, 3f9550ba-b2dc-4b7f-987f-fb748799cd15 and then click Set as default