How to Change Options for Marking an Email as Read in Outlook [Tutorial]
14How to Change Options for Marking an Email as Read in Outlook [Tutorial]
By default, Outlook is set to mark a message as read immediately after switching to the next one. Microsoft knows that everyone likes to manage their inbox differently, so it included a nice feature that allows you to set how long you need to sit on an email before it’s marked as read. Whatever your situation, you can adjust the read timer to whatever works for your inbox by following the simple steps below in Outlook.
Generally speaking, when you switch unread emails in the mailing list with the Reading Pane turning on, the emails will be marked as Read automatically. Sometimes, you may just want to switch emails but not read them. In this tutorial, I will introduce the solution to stop Outlook from automatically marking email as Read when you clicking them in the mail list.
When quickly going through my emails, often I haven't actually really read the emails but Outlook already marks them as read. This is quite confusing unless I mark them as unread again which takes more time and defeats the purpose of quickly going through my emails.
The same is true when I access a mailbox from somebody else; I might have read it but the mailbox owner hasn't yet so the mails shouldn't be marked as read either.
This tutorial will apply for Microsoft Outlook 2021, 2019, 2013, and 2010 for both Windows (such as Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, Toshiba, Acer, Asus) and macOS (MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, MacBook Mini) devices.