How to Enable Desktop Alert (Desktop Notifications) For New Email in Microsoft Outlook 2010/2013/2016

In this article, we are going to learn How to enable desktop alert (desktop notifications) for new email in Microsoft Outlook 2010/2013/2016. We know that Microsoft Outlook is one of the most popular email client application and we are well familiar with this application. It’s a product of Microsoft and popular because of its huge list of features. Here I will introduce a new feature of Microsoft Outlook i.e. Desktop Alert. It’s one of the most useful features of Microsoft outlook. This feature shows desktop alert (desktop notifications) when you receives new mail on outlook. The desktop alert (desktop notifications) contains useful information like Name of the Sender, Subject line of the new mail, Sent date, and time. So the desktop alert will help you to understand the matter of the email without even open it.

Follow the below steps to enable Desktop Alert (desktop notifications) for new email in Microsoft Outlook 2010/2013/2016:

To enable Desktop Alert (desktop notifications) in Microsoft Outlook you have to follow 4 simple steps.

Step: 1 Open Microsoft Outlook -> click on the File menu and then click on Options.

Step: 2 After the above step you will get the Outlook Options window in front of you. Here click on Mail option (Available o left panel). Here on Message Arrival section tick the option Display a Desktop Alert. Refer to the snapshot below.

How to Enable Desktop Alert (Desktop Notifications) For New Email in Microsoft Outlook 2010/2013/2016
Tick On Display a Desktop Alert

For more options, you may click on the Desktop Alert Settings button. Here you will get the options like setting the size of the desktop alert, Transparency, etc.

Step : 3 Now we have to add a rule. To do so again click on the File menu on outlook and click on Manage Rules & Alerts. You will get the Rules and Alerts window.

Here click on New Rule – > Tick on Apply rule on messages I receive -> then click on Next. On next window Tick on this computer only -> Then click on Next ->

Then on the next window scroll down to below and then Tick on display a Desktop Alert -> Click on Next -> again click on Next ->

Now you are on the Final window. Here tick on Turn on this rule and click on the Finish button.

How to Enable Desktop Alert (Desktop Notifications) For New Email in Microsoft Outlook 2010/2013/2016
Display A Desktop Alert Rule

Also Read – How To Configure Gmail Account In Microsoft Outlook

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