How to turn off junk mail filter in outlook
To turn off the junk mail filter in Outlook, you can follow these steps:
Method 1: Disable Junk Email Filter for a Specific Account
- Open Outlook and go to the "File" menu.
- Click on "Options" and then select "Mail" from the left-hand menu.
- Scroll down to the "Junk Email" section.
- Uncheck the box next to "Turn on junk email filtering".
- Click "OK" to save the changes.
Method 2: Disable Junk Email Filter for All Accounts
- Open Outlook and go to the "File" menu.
- Click on "Options" and then select "Mail" from the left-hand menu.
- Scroll down to the "Junk Email" section.
- Click on the "Junk Email Options" button.
- In the "Junk Email Options" window, uncheck the box next to "Turn on junk email filtering".
- Click "OK" to save the changes.
Method 3: Disable Junk Email Filter for a Specific Folder
- Open Outlook and navigate to the folder where you want to disable the junk email filter (e.g., Inbox, Sent Items, etc.).
- Right-click on the folder and select "Properties" from the context menu.
- In the "Folder Properties" window, click on the "Junk Email" tab.
- Uncheck the box next to "Enable junk email filtering for this folder".
- Click "OK" to save the changes.
Note: Disabling the junk email filter may increase the amount of spam you receive in your inbox. It's recommended to use other methods to filter out spam, such as using a third-party spam filter or reporting spam emails to Microsoft.
Additionally, you can also use the following registry key to disable the junk email filter:
- For Outlook 2010 and later:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\Junk Email
- For Outlook 2007:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Junk Email
Create a new DWORD value named Enabled
and set its value to 0
to disable the junk email filter.