Applies To
Outlook for Microsoft 365

You can modify an existing email message:

  1. Double-click the message to open it. (You can't edit a message in the Reading pane, so you must open the message in its own window.)

  2. To edit the Subject line, simply select it or put the cursor in it, then begin typing.

  3. To edit the body of the message: On the Message tab, in the Move group, select Actions button icon Actions and choose Edit Message (or, if you don't see Actions, select Actions button icon and choose Edit Message).

    Select Actions and then select Edit Message.               Edit Message.

  4. Click in the body of the message where you want to edit, then begin typing.

  5. When you're done editing, select File > Save.

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