How to Delay Sending an Email in Outlook

Send emails at a time of your choosing by applying these settings

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Don’t you just hate it when you immediately hit send on an email and suddenly remember you forgot to add someone’s email address? Well, this can be a thing of the past with Outlook’s delay email feature.

Mistakes are not the only reason email users choose to delay emails. Most email clients have an automatic sending button, but sending email messages at the right time is considered proper email etiquette.

Using this simple scheduling feature, you may score a few points with your boss for observing time.

How can I delay sending an individual email in Outlook?

1. Use the Outlook desktop version

2. Use Outlook browser version

In caseemails are not sendingin your Outlook email, check out our detailed article on what to do.

Unfortunately, the delay or email scheduling option in Outlook mobile versions is unavailable. The only workaround is to use your mobile browser and switch to the desktop version to enable this feature.

How can I delay sending all emails in Outlook?

In case the email scheduling is not working, andemails are stuck in your outboxafter the delivery time has elapsed, we have an article on what to do.

How can I disable or schedule automatic send/receive in Outlook?

The only downside to this email delivery option is that you might miss out on important messages, especially when yourinbox is not updatingdue to connection issues.

The next time you have a really important email or message that you don’t want to hit the inbox too soon, add an extra delay to the send time using the steps outlined above.

Hopefully, this brings you a step closer to better email productivity. Instead of keeping your emails in your drafts folder for long periods of time, try scheduling them.

You may also want to check outother modern email clientswith email schedulers and see what they have to offer. Not only will you benefit from a cleaner interface but also out-of-office auto-reply, and email templates, among other features.

That’s it for this article, but we’d love to hear more from you. Which email scheduling option do you prefer and why? Drop us a comment down below.

How to Delay Sending an Email in Outlook#

How can I delay sending an individual email in Outlook?#

1. Use the Outlook desktop version#

2. Use Outlook browser version#

How can I delay sending all emails in Outlook?#

How can I disable or schedule automatic send/receive in Outlook?#