What Is Slack, and Why Do People Love It?
Slack is a workplace chat app that’s so popular, the company that owns it was valued at more than $20 billion. You’ve probably seen it mentioned in the news. If you haven’t used it yet, here’s what you...
How to Turn on Two-Factor Authentication For Your Amazon Account
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is a great security tool, and we always recommend it. Most apps make it pretty easy to turn on 2FA, and Amazon is no exception. Here’s how to enable it and make yourself safer....
How to Remove Items From the New Menu in Windows File Explorer
The New Item menu in File Explorer lets you create new files in the current folder, but you might not ever use some of the options. Here’s how to remove unwanted entries from the list.
Quickly Handle Mail With the Outlook Mail App Swipe Actions
If you do email on your phone, swipe actions can help you spin through your inbox much quicker. Here’s how to use them in Outlook and how to change them if the defaults don’t work for you.
How to Tag Your Emails For Maximum Searchability
The problem with keeping email in one large archive is finding specific messages again. So, people create one extra folder, and then two, and then loads! Use these techniques instead of folders to organize your archive....
How to Turn on Two-Factor Authentication in Slack
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is a great security tool, and we always recommend it. Most apps make it pretty easy to turn on 2FA, and Slack is no exception. Here’s how to enable it and make yourself safer....
How to Turn off Outlook.com’s New “Joyful Animations”
Microsoft recently added “joyful animations” to the Outlook web app. These show a shower of glitter whenever Outlook detects “joyful” words like “Congratulations” or “Happy Birthday.&...
You Can Undo Send In Outlook, Just like Gmail
Gmail’s “Undo Send” feature is much-loved here at How-To Geek, but you can get the same option in Outlook.com and the Microsoft Outlook desktop application. Here’s how to set them up....
The Best Way to Organize Your Emails: Just Archive Them
We recommend using OHIO (Only Handle It Once) to triage your emails. An essential part of OHIO is archiving emails you need to keep—get them out of your inbox! Here’s why archiving is critical—and why you sh...
What are Notes in Outlook and How Do You Use Them?
Microsoft Outlook lets you create electronic sticky notes that you can display either in Outlook or right on your desktop, letting you get all those real sticky notes off your desk.
How to See New Emails on Top of Gmail Conversation Threads
Gmail’s conversation view was groundbreaking when it appeared 15 years ago, but it always shows new messages on the bottom of the thread instead of the top. That’s annoying to some long-time email users. Here̵...
What Is Inbox Zero, and How Can You Achieve It?
Inbox Zero is a staple of digital productivity advice. “Achieving Inbox Zero” is the knowledge worker’s equivalent of “reaching enlightenment.” But Inbox Zero doesn’t mean having an empty i...
Is it Safe To Preview Your Email?
In the early 2000s, many security professionals advised disabling your email client’s preview function. Simply previewing an email could be dangerous! This is no longer good advice. With a modern email client, you can p...
How to Create a Custom Navigation Pane in Outlook
Outlook’s navigation pane lets you navigate to different folders, mailboxes, and groups. However, it includes folders you might never access but can’t hide. Here’s how to create a custom navigation pane that...
How to Change Your Outlook.com Shortcuts to Match Gmail or Yahoo!
If you’re a dedicated user of Gmail or Yahoo! Mail, but you have to use Outlook.com for some reason, you can change Outlook’s keyboard shortcuts to match the ones you know and love from Gmail or Yahoo! Mail....
How to Share a Static Snapshot of your Google Calendar
We’ve previously covered how to show your live Google Calendar in Outlook, but what if you just want to share a static snapshot of your calendar with someone? There’s a way to do that too.
How to Disable Outlook Add-ins For Troubleshooting
If the Outlook client starts behaving oddly, one of the first things to do is see whether add-ins are causing the problem. Here’s how to disable them so you can tell if they’re the issue.
How to Export or Delete Your Outlook.com Search History
If you use the online version of Outlook, you can delete your email search history (useful if you’ve got privacy concerns) or export it (useful for finding old searches or data analysis). Here’s how to do it....
Forget Inbox Zero: Use OHIO to Triage Your Emails Instead
Email is neither dead nor obsolete. It is, in fact, increasing by 10+ billion emails per day and too many of those will end up in your inbox. Here’s how to get a grip and not let them overwhelm you....
How to Enable Gmail’s Hidden Email Preview Pane
Gmail has a hidden preview panel that gives you a dual-pane view of your emails—just like in Outlook and other desktop email clients. Here’s how to enable it on the web and choose a horizontal or vertical split....
How to Customize the To-Do Pane in Outlook
The Outlook client comes with several different panes that you can show and hide. These include panes that you see by default, like the Navigation pane and others that you might not be familiar with, like the To-Do and People...
Microsoft is Getting Rid of “Clutter” in Outlook, and That’s Worrying
At the tail-end of 2018, Microsoft announced that it would remove the Clutter feature from Outlook, leaving Focused Inbox to sieve out your less-important mail. I think that’s a potentially worrying change of direction ...
How to Enforce Multi-Factor Authentication for All Users of Your Office 365 Subscription
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is a great security tool, and we always recommend it. Office 365 admins can enforce MFA for users, which means you can help protect anyone sharing your Office 365 business subscription....
How To Contact Microsoft Office 365 Support
If you’ve got an Office 365 subscription, then there might be times you need help from Microsoft. Here’s how to log a ticket from a client app, from a web app, or through your Office 365 account....
How to Customize Junk Email and Safe Senders in Outlook
Junk Email is the folder where Outlook sends mail it thinks is spam. You can customize Outlook’s spam filter to block or whitelist senders or domains, or crank up the automatic filtering and delete spam automatically. L...
