How to Access Outlook.com Email with Outlook for Mac

Email & Messaging

Updated June 01, 2019

With Outlook.com and Outlook for Mac, both from Microsoft, you can access your Outlook.com email in Outlook for Mac. When you set up Outlook.com email as a POP account in Outlook for Mac, you can download new messages to your desktop as they come in and send mail.

Instructions in this article apply to Outlook for Mac and Outlook.com.

Access Outlook.com Email with Outlook for Mac

To set up an Outlook.com email account using POP for sending and receiving mail, enable POP3 in the Outlook.com settings.

Open a web browser, sign in to Outlook.com, then select Settings.
Select View all Outlook settings.
Go to Mail > Sync email.
In the POP and IMAP section, under Let devices and apps use POP, select Yes.
To prevent email from being deleted from your Outlook.com email account on the web, select Don't allow devices and apps to delete messages from Outlook.
Select Save and close the Settings dialog box.
Open the Outlook for Mac desktop app, then select Tools > Accounts.
Go to the bottom of the accounts list and click + (plus sign).
Select New Account.
In the Please enter your email address window, enter your Outlook.com email address.
In the Password text box, enter your Outlook.com password.
Select Done.
Close the Accounts window.