Turn Off Outlook New Email Notifications & Sounds

Modified on Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 9:17 AM

By default, Microsoft Outlook shows a pop-up with an alert sound when a new email arrives in your Inbox.


To disable:


  1. Open Microsoft Outlook.
  2. Click File and then Options , then select Mail.
  3. In the Message arrival section, go ahead and uncheck the following boxes: Display a Desktop Alert and Play a Sound.
  4. Note that here you can also hide the envelope icon in your right hand side desktop bar.

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