A profile is a critical part of your Outlook experience. The profile consists of the accounts, data files, and settings that specify where your email messages are saved. To create a new profile, do the following:
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In Outlook, select File > Account Settings > Manage Profiles
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Choose Show Profiles > Add.
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In the Profile Name box, type a name for the profile, and then choose OK.
Add an email account to Outlook
There are many different types of email accounts you can add to Outlook, including Microsoft 365, Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, and Exchange accounts.
Some third-party email providers, like Gmail, Yahoo, and iCloud, require you to change some settings on their websites before you can add these accounts to Outlook.
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Select File > Add Account.
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What you see next depends on your version of Outlook.
Enter your email address and click Connect.
Enter your name, email address, and password, and click Next.
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If prompted, enter your password again, then select OK > Finish to start using your email account in Outlook.
