How to Turn Off Desktop Email Alerts in Outlook

If you work in an office or live with other people you may want to consider turning off the Email alert function in Outlook. This is the little pop-up window that shows in the corner of your desktop when Outlook receives a new mail message. So how do you stop this from happening? Follow these easy steps.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• A Computer
• Microsoft Outlook
• General Computer Knowledge

1. Open Microsoft Outlook and click “Tools” from the toolbar. This will show the drop down menu, where you will need to select “Options”.

2. A window labeled “Options” will open with multiple tabs at the top. Make sure you are on the “Preferences” tab and then click the “E-Mail Options” button.

3. This will open the “E-Mail Options” window. Click the “Advanced E-Mail Options” button to open the dialog window.

4. Uncheck the “Display a New Mail Desktop Alert” box and then click “OK” on all three dialog windows to save and close.

Tips & Warnings

• If you want to keep the alert but change the amount of time it appears on your desktop, you can change it with the “Desktop Alert Settings” button, found in the “Advanced E-Mail Options” window.