Adding a New Outlook Profile And Setting It Default

Adding a New Outlook Profile And Setting It Default

A profile is a critical part of your Outlook experience. The profile consists of the accounts, data files, and settings that specify where your email messages are saved. To create a new profile, do the following:

  1. In Outlook, select File Account Settings > Manage Profiles

  2. Choose Show Profiles > Add.

  3. In the Profile Name box, type a name for the profile, and then choose OK.

  4. After that fill in your details like name, email and password.

  5. click finish after the wizard is done adding your email.

Setting the New Profile As Default 

Follow the steps on the picture to set your newly created profile as default.

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