Change How Quickly Messages are Marked as Read in Outlook

Change How Quickly Messages are Marked as Read in Outlook

If you want, you can slow down how quickly messages get marked as read. For example, after you select a message, Outlook can wait 30 seconds before marking it as read.

  1. Click File > Options > Advanced.

  2. Under Outlook panes, click Reading Pane.

    You can change the Reading Pane options.

  3. Select the Mark items as read when viewed in the Reading Pane check box.

  4. In the Wait n seconds before marking item as read box, type how many seconds you want to wait between when you click a message in the Reading Pane and it appears marked as read.

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