how to pin an email in outlook?

Outlook generally prioritizes the emails based on dates. Whenever you receive any new emails on the Outlook mail, you will see them at the top of the mail. Due to this, it becomes super easy to track your recent correspondence. However, if you received an important email a few days back, she’ll be buried in the mailbox, which can be challenging to find when needed.

Outlook understood this problem very well, and to solve this problem, they launched an Email PIN. You can pin any email to Outlook webmail or application through this feature. After which, it will always be at the top of the inbox.

If you want to pin some important emails on your Outlook but don’t know how to do that? Here, I have a complete guide for you, and you can apply it on your device. 

how to pin an email in outlook?

How To Pin An Email In Outlook Webmail? 

  • Let’s Open the Microsoft Edge or your favorite browser.
  • Type https://www.outlook.com in the URL box and press the enter button. 
  • Enter your email address & password; click on the sign-in button.
  • Once you see your Outlook OWA mailbox, you need to click on the inbox
  • Now find the email and press the pin button available next to it. 

Finally, the Emails will start appearing at the top of the inbox, and the recent emails will be shown after that. 

How To Pin AN Email In Outlook 365, 2016 or Other Types Of Application? 

This feature is available in the outlook 2021 version; If you use the Outlook 2019 or earlier version, you will not get the email pin option. However, there are other ways to keep your email at the top. One of which is you need to flag the email as no date. Here are the steps to do that. 

  • Open the Outlook Application
  • Click on the View tab. 
  • Under the Layout section, click on the To-Do Bar.
  • Here, you need to click on the Tasks
  • Once the Task is opened on your computer screen, you need to click on the email you want to pin. 
  • Now Hover to the follow-up and then click on the No date option. 

How To Unpin The Email In outlook.com? 

If you want to unpin some emails in outlook.com, you can easily do that by going into the outlook settings. You need to click on the outlook application and then click on the ok button. 

  • Open the Web browser.
  • Go to outlook.com. 
  • Sign in to the outlook account
  • Now click on the inbox
  • Here, you need to Press the unpin button, which is available next to your pinned email

How To Pin Outlook Application In Windows 11 Computer? 

There are a couple of ways to pin the outlook application on a windows 11 computer. Here, I am sharing both methods, but you can use any one of them. 

Method 1- 

  • Click On the start button. 
  • Press the All AppsAll Programs button. 
  • Now click on the outlook application
  • Once the application is opened on your computer screen, you need to right-click on the outlook icon available in the taskbar. 
  • Now click on the Pin to taskbar option.

Method 2 – 

  • Click on the start button. 
  • Press the All Apps button. 
  • Right-click on the program that you want to pin into the taskbar
  • Hover to the more and click on the Pin to taskbar option. 

Finally, your program will be pinned into the taskbar. 

Why can’t I pin my emails in Outlook?

If you have clicked on the pin button, Outlook is still not pining your email. There might be a problem with the browser or outlook application. So you need to sign out the Outlook from your browser. Now clear the browsing data and then sign in again. Now try to pin the email. It should be pinned now. 

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Shawn M. Vaillancourt

I am a computer engineer. Who is always passionate to right about gadget troubleshooting. I have more than 5+ years of experience in the tech industry.

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