The average person receives over 100 messages per day. If you simply skim these messages and leave them, they can quickly clutter your main inbox. However, if you take the time to organize your messages into a folder system, you’ll spend far less time sifting through your inbox going forward.
Organizing your messages with folders is one of the best Outlook tips you can use because it helps you sort messages and clear out unnecessary clutter. Once these folders are established, you can even set up rules to customize Outlook and sort messages for you.
To create folders in Outlook:
- In the left pane of Mail, right-click where you want to add the folder, and then choose New Folder.
- In the Name box, enter a name for the folder.
- Press Enter.