How to Prevent Outlook to Keep Asking for a Password

Configure Outlook to automatically log into your email accounts without asking for a password.

If you are using Microsoft Outlook on a shared computer, where others can run Outlook and log into your email accounts, you can configure those accounts to prompt for a password when logging into them for security and privacy. However, if you are the only user on your computer, typing in the password for one or multiple emails accounts each time to check the account for new mail can be tedious. In that case, configure Outlook to automatically log you in.

Instructions

1. Open Microsoft Outlook. Click "File," then "Info" and click "Account Settings."

2. Click the "Email" tab. Double-click your email account.

3. Enter your login password in the "Password" text box. Click "Remember Password" beneath the text box. Click "Next." Click "Finish."

Tips & Warnings

• You can set all of your email accounts to automatically log you in when you check or send email, or you can set certain accounts to ask for a password each time.

References

• Microsoft Support; How to Configure Internet Email Accounts in Outlook; July 2010
• Microsoft: Change Email Accoount Settings
• Georgia Health Sciences University; Outlook 2007 POP Account Setup Instructions; March 2011

Resources

• MicrosoftL Outlook 2010