Using folders, you can organize your e-mail messages for
easy access. For example, you might create a folder called Personnel for messages concerning staff, and another called Contracts to save messages about contracts you work with in your job.
What do you want to do?
Add a folder
- On the File menu, point to Folder, and then click New.
- Type the name of the folder you want to create in the Name box.
- For Select where to place the folder, click the folder where you want to create your new folder.
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Rename a folder
- In the Navigation Pane (Navigation Pane: A column that provides access to folders used to organize your information. Click a folder to show the items it contains. It also includes the Favorite Folders section and buttons to switch between Mail, Calendar, Tasks and other views.), right-click the folder you want to rename.
- Click Rename "folder name."
- Type the new folder name, and then press Enter.
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Remove a folder
- In the Navigation Pane (Navigation Pane: A column that provides access to folders used to organize your information. Click a folder to show the items it contains. It also includes the Favorite Folders section and buttons to switch between Mail, Calendar, Tasks and other views.), click the folder you want to delete.
- On the Edit menu, click Delete.
- Click Yes to confirm the deletion of the folder and all of its contents.
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