How to open all unread emails in Outlook?

If there are multiple unread email messages in your Inbox of the Outlook, how could you open all of them to read at once as quickly as you can?

Open all unread email messages in a specific Inbox or other folder with VBA code

Open all unread email messages in a specific Inbox or other folder with VBA code

The following VBA code can help you to open all unread email messages in your Inbox or other specific folder at once, please do with below steps:

1. First, you should select a folder which you want to open all unread emails from.

2. Then hold down the ALT + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

3. And then, click Insert > Module, copy and paste below code into the opened blank module, see screenshot:

VBA code: Open all unread email messages in specific folder:

Sub OpenAllUnreadEmails()
Dim xFolders As Outlook.Folders
Dim xFolder As Outlook.Folder
Dim xUnreadEmailCount As Long
On Error Resume Next
xUnreadEmailCount = 0
Set xFolders = Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder.Folders
Call OperatingFolders(Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder, xUnreadEmailCount)
For Each xFolder In xFolders
    Call OperatingFolders(xFolder, xUnreadEmailCount)
Next
MsgBox "Open " & xUnreadEmailCount & " unread emails successfully!", vbExclamation + vbOKOnly, "Kutools for Outlook"
End Sub
Sub OperatingFolders(ByVal xCurrentFld As Outlook.Folder, UnreadEmailCount As Long)
Dim xItem As Object
Dim xMailItem As Outlook.MailItem
Dim xSubFolder As Outlook.Folder
On Error Resume Next
If xCurrentFld.DefaultItemType = olMailItem Then
    For Each xItem In xCurrentFld.Items
        If xItem.Class = olMail Then
            Set xMailItem = xItem
            If xMailItem.UnRead = True Then
                xMailItem.Display
                UnreadEmailCount = UnreadEmailCount + 1
            End If
        End If
    Next
End If
If xCurrentFld.Folders.Count > 0 Then
    For Each xSubFolder In xCurrentFld.Folders
        Call OperatingFolders(xSubFolder, UnreadEmailCount)
    Next
End If
End Sub

4. And then, press F5 key to run this code, and all unread emails will be opened in the specified folder at once, at last, a prompt box will pop out to remind the number of unread emails which are opened, see screenshot:

Note: This code is not available for meeting emails.