How to Remove an RSS Feeds From Outlook

Removing individual RSS feeds is simple as deleting an Outlook folder

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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RSS feed support is natively available in Outlook, but what if you need to remove certain RSS feeds from Outlook?

Sometimes you just want to stop following certain sources, and if that’s the case, we’re pleased to say that this is pretty simple to do in Outlook, and today we’re going to show you how to do that.

Why do I have an RSS Feeds folder in Outlook?

The RSS feeds folder in Outlook helps you manage and follow RSS feeds. This is a default folder in Outlook and it’s available even if you don’t use RSS feeds.

How do I remove an RSS Feed from Outlook?

1. Manually remove the desired feed

The steps are the same for all versions of Outlook, regardless of the version you’re running.

2. Change Outlook settings

3. Modify the registry

The steps are the same for all versions of Outlook, and the only difference is the path. For Outlook 2007 the path is the following:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Options\RSS

4. Modify the Group Policy

These steps are almost identical for all versions of Outlook. The only difference is in the path in Step 2.

5. Use MFCMAPI

RSS feeds keep coming back in Outlook

RSS feeds in Outlook can be useful, but if you don’t want to use them anymore, you can remove them or disable RSS feeds in Outlook from Group Policy.

Since this is just a regular folder, you cansearch the folder in Outlookand we also have a guide on what to do if youcan’t delete a folder in Outlook.

And if you want to customize the email client even further, be sure to check the bestOutlook command line switchesthat you can use.

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How to Remove an RSS Feeds From Outlook#

How do I remove an RSS Feed from Outlook?#

1. Manually remove the desired feed#

2. Change Outlook settings#

3. Modify the registry#

4. Modify the Group Policy#

5. Use MFCMAPI#

RSS feeds keep coming back in Outlook#