How to Forward Emails from Outlook.com

There comes a time when users move from one email provider to another. In this case, if you are an Outlook.com email user and decided to move to another like Gmail, then you should make sure that you are not leaving your Outlook emails unchecked. The best way to do this is to automate and forward emails from Outlook to your current email. Here in this article, we will share two ways to forward emails from Outlook.com.

How To Forward All Emails from Outlook.com to Another Email Address:

1. Sign in to Outlook.com in your web browser and click on the Settings icon in the top right corner.

How To Forward All Emails from Outlook.com to Another Email Address

2. From the Settings drop-down menu, click on View all Outlook settings.

How To Forward All Emails from Outlook.com to Another Email Address

3. In the Settings popup menu, click on Mail > Forwarding.

How To Forward All Emails from Outlook.com to Another Email Address

4. Tick the Enable forwarding checkbox

How To Forward All Emails from Outlook.com to Another Email Address

5. Enter the email address where you want Outlook to forward all the emails.

How To Forward All Emails from Outlook.com to Another Email Address

6. Tick the Keep a copy of forwarded messages checkbox, or else Outlook will delete all the forwarded emails.

How To Forward All Emails from Outlook.com to Another Email Address

7. Click on Save, and you are done. From now on, all your emails from Outlook.com will be forwarded to a new email.

How To Forward All Emails from Outlook.com to Another Email Address

How To Forward Specific Emails from Outlook.com to Another Email Address:

1. Sign in to Outlook.com in your web browser and click on the Settings icon in the top right corner.

How To Forward Specific Emails from Outlook.com to Another Email Address

2. From the Settings drop-down menu, click on View all Outlook settings.

How To Forward Specific Emails from Outlook.com to Another Email Address

3. In the Settings popup menu, click on Mail > Rules. Then click on + Add new rule.

How To Forward Specific Emails from Outlook.com to Another Email Address

4. Enter a descriptive name for the rule. E.g., Forward emails to [email protected].

How To Forward Specific Emails from Outlook.com to Another Email Address

5. From the Add a condition dropdown menu, choose a condition for the specific email you want to be forwarded. It can be From People, Subject, Body. For the tutorial purpose, we will use the Has attachment condition. That mean’s only the mails with an attachment will be forwarded. You can add several more conditions to make the email forward as specific as possible.

How To Forward Specific Emails from Outlook.com to Another Email Address

6. From the Add an action dropdown menu, choose Forward to.

How To Forward Specific Emails from Outlook.com to Another Email Address

7. Enter your new email where you want Outlook emails to be forwarded.

How To Forward Specific Emails from Outlook.com to Another Email Address

8. Click on Save, and you are done. From now on, emails from Outlook.com will be forwarded to a new email.

How To Forward Specific Emails from Outlook.com to Another Email Address

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