Applies ToOutlook for Android Outlook for iOS

Focused Inbox intelligently pre-sorts your email so you can focus on what matters. It places your most important emails in Focused and the rest in Other. Focused Inbox works across all your email accounts, personal and professional.

To create an inbox that "feels right" to you, the system takes into account emails and contacts with whom you interact, and filters out noisy sources like automatically generated or bulk email. The more you use it, the better it gets.

Your notifications are synced to Focused Inbox, on iOS your badge count is synced to Focused Inbox as well.

Reclassify emails between Focused and Other

  1. Open an email, from the header tap the More options icon.

  2. From the list select Move to Focused inbox/Other.

Turn Focused inbox on or off

  1. From the message list, swipe left or tap Home or your user icon to reveal the menu, and then select Settings  > Mail.

  2. Set the Focused Inbox toggle to on or off.

Change notification and badge settings

To change your notifications settings from or to Focused Inbox, go to Settings, tap Notifications, and make your selections from the options.

To change whether your badge count is synced to Focused Inbox, go to Settings and tap on Badge count.

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