Outlook: Follow Up Feature

Learn about one of Microsoft Outlook's tagging feature: Follow Up. The Follow Up feature can add to user productivity and efficiency.

Does Outlook have a reminder feature?

Users can flag emails for follow-up to be reminded to re-visit specific emails. Users can choose pre-determined reminder intervals or create custom reminder times. Emails can be flagged to remind users to reply to a received email or follow-up on a response sent to another user.

 

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Flag an Email

Create a Custom Follow Up Notification

 

Flag an Email

To flag an email for follow up:

1. Open the desired email.
2. Select Follow Up in the Tags section of the Home ribbon.

 

3. Select a reminder option from the drop-down menu.

 

Create a Custom Follow Up Notification

4. Select Custom in the Follow Up drop down menu.

 

5. A pop-up window to configure the custom follow up will appear.  Fill in the notification settings:
   • Select an option in the Flag to field.
   • Choose a Start date.
   • Choose the Due date.
   • Check the Reminder box. 
   • Choose the date and time for a minder.
6. Select OK.

 

Want to know more information about flagging emails in Outlook? Read Microsoft's articles to Flag email messages for follow up.