How to disable new email notifications for a specific account in Outlook?
By default, the new email notification works on all incoming emails of all accounts in Outlook. If you want to disable the new email notification for a specific email account in Outlook but keep other accounts active, please try the below method to get it done.
Disable new email notifications for a specific account in Outlook
Disable new email notifications for a specific account in Outlook
For disabling new email notifications for a specific account, you need to disable the new mail desktop alert for all accounts, and then create a new mail desktop alert rule for all accounts except the specific one. Please do as follows.
1. Click "File" > "Options", in the "Outlook Options" window, click "Mail" in the left pane, uncheck the "Display a Desktop Alert" box in the "Message arrival" section, and then click the "OK" button. See screenshot:
2. Click "Rules" > "Manage Rules & Alerts" under "Home" tab.
3. In the "Rules and Alerts" dialog box, click the "New Rule" button under the "Email Rules" tab.
4. In the first "Rules Wizard", click "Apply rule on messages I receive" in the "Start from a blank rule" section, then click the "Next" button. See screenshot:
5. In the second "Rules Wizard", click "Next" without selecting any conditions, and click "Yes" in the popping-up "Microsoft Outlook" dialog.
6. In the third "Rules Wizard", check the "display a Desktop Alert" box and click the "Next" button.
7. In the next "Rules Wizard", check the "except through the specified account" box in Step 1, click "specified" link text in Step 2. In the "Account" dialog, select the email account you will disable new email notifications for and click the "OK" button. Then click "Next" to continue. See screenshot:
8. In the last "Rules Wizard", specify a name for the rule as you need, keep the "Turn on this rule" box checked, and click "Finish".
9. Click the "OK" button in the "Rules and Alerts" window to finish the rule.
From now on, new email notifications will pop up when email arrives in all accounts except the specified one.
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