Turn on automatic forwarding in Outlook
Applies To
Outlook for Microsoft 365 Outlook 2024 Outlook 2021 Outlook 2019 Outlook 2016 Office for business Outlook on the web Outlook.com Microsoft Office New Outlook for WindowsSelect a tab option below for the version of Outlook you're using. What version of Outlook do I have?
Note: If the steps under this New Outlook tab don't work, you may not be using new Outlook for Windows yet. Select the Classic Outlook tab and follow those steps instead.
How to enable automatic forwarding in new Outlook
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At the top of the new Outlook window, select Settings .
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Select Mail > Forwarding.
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Toggle the Enable forwarding switch, enter the forwarding email address, and select Save.
Note: If you want a copy of the original message to remain in your mailbox, select Keep a copy of forwarded messages.
You can automatically forward or redirect your email messages by setting up an Inbox rule in classic Outlook. This is useful if you want to read and respond to messages from another email account or when you want someone else to receive and respond to your email in your absence.
How to enable automatic forwarding in classic Outlook
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On the ribbon, select the Home tab, then in the Move section, select Rules > Manage Rules & Alerts.
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If you have more than one email account set up, on the Email Rules tab, ensure that Apply changes to this folder is set to the email address you want to start from. Otherwise, go to the next step.
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Select New Rule.
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Under Start from a blank rule, select Apply rule on messages I receive. Select Next.
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Under Which condition(s) do you want to check?
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Do not select any conditions or edit the rule description in steps 1 or 2.
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Select Next, and then select Yes to This rule will be applied to every message you receive.
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Under What do you want to do with the message?
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Under Step 1: Select action(s), select redirect it to people or public group and stop processing more rules.
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Under Step 2: Edit the rule description, select the people or public group link.
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In the Rule Address dialog, under Address Book, select the contact list that contains the address you want to forward to.
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In the To box at the bottom, enter the email address that you want to forward all your mail to. Select OK. You should see the email address you want all of your email forwarded to inserted into the rule under Step 2.
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Select Finish, select Apply, and then select OK.
When you first check that messages are being forwarded successfully, check the Junk or Spam folder to see if the forwarded messages have been put there.
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At the top of the Outlook on the web or Outlook.com page, select Settings .
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Select Mail > Forwarding.
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Select Enable forwarding, enter the forwarding email address, and select Save.
Note: If you want a copy of the original message to remain in your mailbox, select Keep a copy of forwarded messages.
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