Add an email account to Outlook
There are many different types of email accounts you can add to Outlook, including Office 365, Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, and Exchange accounts.
Some third-party email providers, like Gmail, Yahoo, and iCloud, require you to change some settings on their websites before you can add these accounts to Outlook.
These steps are the same whether you’re adding your first email account or additional email accounts to Outlook.
Selectย Fileย >ย Add Account.
What you see next depends on your version of Outlook.
For Outlook for Office 365 and Outlook 2016
For Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010
Enter your email address and clickย Connect.
Enter your name, email address, and password, and clickย Next.
If prompted, enter your password again, then selectย OKย >ย Finishย to start using your email account in Outlook.
If you need instructions for adding an email account using advanced settings, seeย Use advanced setup to add a POP or IMAPย email account in Outlook for PC.
To update your email settings such as incoming and outgoing server names, seeย Update your email settings in Outlook for PC.
Outlook won’t accept my password
If Outlook wonโt accept your password and you know youโre using the password for your email account, you might have an email account that requires additional security.
Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, Outlook.com,ย and AOL accounts all use two-factor authentication to help verify that youโre the person trying to access your email account.
To add your email account to Outlook, youโll need an app password, also known as an application password. This is a different password than your regular email account password. One way you’ll know you need an app password isย if you see the following message:ย 2-factor authentication is set up for your account. Please sign in using your application password.
The steps to obtain an app password are different for each email provider. Select your provider in the drop-down for instructions.
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