Learn how to create a new Outlook profile with the profile picker and add email accounts to it. A profile is a collection of settings and data files that specify where your messages are saved.

A profile contains configuration information for email accounts, data files, and information about where your email items are saved. You can change the accounts that are contained, their settings, and data storage options for each profile.

Learn what an email profile is and how to create, modify, or delete one in Outlook. An email profile stores your email accounts, data files, and settings for each account.

On the Choose Profile dialog, select the check box Prompt for a profile to be used if you want to be prompted when starting Outlook. If this is enabled, you will get a prompt every time you start Outlook to pick which profile you want to open.

A Microsoft Outlook email profile is made up of email accounts, data files, and information about where your email is stored. This article assumes that you are using multiple profiles and explains how to make a profile the default and how to switch to a different profile.

There are many different types of email accounts you can add to Outlook, including an Outlook.com or Hotmail.com account, the work or school account you use with Microsoft 365, Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, and Exchange accounts.

A profile contains configuration information for email accounts, data files, and information about where your email items are saved. You can change the accounts that are contained, their settings, and data storage options for each profile.

When you select someone's name or picture in Teams, Outlook, or other Office apps and services, you can find information related to them on their profile card. To see a profile card in Outlook mobile, tap a person's picture.

If you need to update your email account settings or set up your email account in Outlook manually, use the following steps.

You can set up Outlook without an email account by creating a profile through a command line switch.