Set Inbox To Show Unread Emails Only.

Written by Allen White on March 21, 2011. Posted in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook

IT Problem

When in outlook 2003, 2007 ,outlook 2010 and OUtlook 2013you want to only see what emails are unread in your inbox. Below find instructions on how to set this in outlook.

IT Solution

The first way we can do this is to set outlook to the Unread Message Only view.
In Outlook 2003, first go to View ,then select Arrange By, then Current View then finally Unread Messages in This Folder.

In Outlook 2007,first choose View , then select Current View and finally Unread Messages in This Folder.

In Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 select the View tab. then select Change View within the Current View group.Choose Manage Views. select Copy , pick a new name for your view, Ive used My Unread Messages. then OK. Select the Filter button and then move to the More Choices tab. Select the Only Items That Are then choose Unread.

Apply the remaining screens until you are back at your inbox.If you go to the view tab you can now see the view you created.

A second way we can do this is by making an Unread Mail Search Folder.

If you use Outlook 2003 or 2007, first choose File then select New then click Search Folder. Select the option for Unread Mail and then click OK.

If you use Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 select the Folder tab then choose New Search Folder in the New group section. select Unread Mail and OK it.

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Allen White

Allen is an IT Consultant and holds the following accreditations. MCSA, MCSE, MCTS, MCITP, CCA, CCSP, VCP 4,5, 6 and HP ASE, AIS - Network Infrastructure.

Comments (5)

wendy

July 27, 2012 at 7:59 pm | #

Many of my emails are going into an unread mail folder rather than my inbox. Can you please tell me how to change this so all of my new emails come to my inbox? Thanks!!

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- Allen White
  
  July 29, 2012 at 4:22 pm | #
  
  Hi Wendy,
  
  Nice simple one this, you have a filter applied, we can clear it by doing the following
  
  Click start = > run => then enter “outlook /CleanViews “
  
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  - wendy
    
    July 30, 2012 at 2:38 pm | #
    
    There isn’t a start button to click on in outlook.
    Wendy
    
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    - Allen White
      
      July 30, 2012 at 2:46 pm | #
      
      Hi Wendy, the start button or windows button in XP or windows 7. Click on that then click run. Or in the search box enter the command above :).
      
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computer service

May 18, 2013 at 8:39 am | #

does anyone know the registry key to make the inbox in Office 2013 default to unread, in place of ALL?

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