Skip to main content

How to remove or delete subject prefixes in Outlook?

While you are replying or forwarding a letter, there are prefixes such as Re or FW in the front of the Subject as below screenshot shown in default. But sometimes, you want to remove these prefixes away, how can you solve it in Outlook?
doc remove subject prefixes 1

Remove subject prefixes with VBA

Batch remove subject prefixes of sent emails with Kutools for Outlook


Remove subject prefixes with VBA

To remove subject prefixes away, you just can handle it manually except running a VBA code in Outlook.

1. Press Alt + F11 keys to enable the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. In the popping dialog, double click at the ThisOutlookSession in Project-Project1 pane and copy and paste below code into the blank script.

VBA:Remove subject prefixes

Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
'UpdatebyExtendoffice20180326
    RemoveREOrFW Item, "RE"
    RemoveREOrFW Item, "FW"
End Sub
Function RemoveREOrFW(Item As Object, Str As String)
Dim xSubject As String
If InStr(Item.Subject, Str) > 0 Then
    xSubject = Replace(Item.Subject, Str & ":", "", vbTextCompare)
    Item.Subject = Trim(xSubject)
    Item.Save
End If
End Function

doc remove subject prefixes 2

3. Save the code and go back to reply or forward an email, the prefixes are still in the subject, but it will be removed after sending the email.


Batch remove subject prefixes of sent emails with Kutools for Outlook

If you want to remove the subject prefix of sent emails, you can try the Remove Subject Prefix feature of Kutools for Excel.

Kutools for Outlook, includes powerful features and tools for Microsoft Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010 and Office 365.

Free install Kutools for Outlook, and then do as below steps:

1. Select the emails that you want to remove subject prefix and click Kutools > Remove Subject Prefix.
doc remove subject prefixes 2

2. Then in the Remove Subject Prefix dialog, check Selected Messages option, then in Rules for removing section, specify the prefix type you want to remove.
doc remove subject prefixes 2

3. Click Ok. Now the subject prefixes of the selected emails have been removed.
doc remove subject prefixes 2

If you want to remove the subject prefix of all emails in a forlder, in the Remove Subject Prefix dialog, check Folders > Configure to open the Select Folder dialog, choose a folder or folders, then click Ok > Ok, the subject prefixes of all emails in the specified folder(s) have been removed.
doc remove subject prefixes 2


Best Office Productivity Tools

Kutools for Outlook - Over 100 Powerful Features to Supercharge Your Outlook

πŸ€– AI Mail Assistant: Instant pro emails with AI magic--one-click to genius replies, perfect tone, multilingual mastery. Transform emailing effortlessly! ...

πŸ“§ Email Automation: Out of Office (Available for POP and IMAP)  /  Schedule Send Emails  /  Auto CC/BCC by Rules When Sending Email  /  Auto Forward (Advanced Rules)   /  Auto Add Greeting   /  Automatically Split Multi-Recipient Emails into Individual Messages ...

πŸ“¨ Email Management: Easily Recall Emails  /  Block Scam Emails by Subjects and Others  /  Delete Duplicate Emails  /  Advanced Search  /  Consolidate Folders ...

πŸ“ Attachments ProBatch Save  /  Batch Detach  /  Batch Compress  /  Auto Save   /  Auto Detach  /  Auto Compress ...

🌟 Interface Magic: 😊More Pretty and Cool Emojis   /  Boost Your Outlook Productivity with Tabbed Views  /  Minimize Outlook Instead of Closing ...

πŸ‘ One-click Wonders: Reply All with Incoming Attachments  /   Anti-Phishing Emails  /  πŸ•˜Show Sender's Time Zone ...

πŸ‘©πŸΌβ€πŸ€β€πŸ‘©πŸ» Contacts & Calendar: Batch Add Contacts From Selected Emails  /  Split a Contact Group to Individual Groups  /  Remove Birthday Reminders ...

Over 100 Features Await Your Exploration! Click Here to Discover More.

Read More       Free Download      Purchase
 

 

Comments (1)
No ratings yet. Be the first to rate!
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
How to make it remove the prefixes on INCOMING emails?
There are no comments posted here yet
Please leave your comments in English
Posting as Guest
Rate this post:
0   Characters
Suggested Locations