If you want to get notifications for selected contacts in Outlook on Windows 11/10, here is how you can do that. This step-by-step guide helps you create a rule that helps you turn on email notifications for a specific account or contact in Outlook.
How to get notifications for selected contacts in Outlook
To get notifications for selected contacts in Outlook, follow these steps:
- Open the Outlook app on your PC.
- Go to File > Options > Mail.
- Uncheck the Display a Desktop Alert checkbox.
- Click on OK.
- Find the email contact you want to get notifications for.
- Search for “rules” in the search box.
- Select Rules > Create Rule option.
- Tick the Display in the New Item Alert window checkbox.
- Click on Advanced Options.
- Tick the from [contact name] checkbox and click Next.
- Click on Finish.
To learn more about these steps, continue reading.
To get started, you need to turn off all notifications from Outlook. For that, open the Outlook app, go to File > Options, and switch to the Mail tab. Here you can find an option called Display a Desktop Alert.
You need to remove the tick from the checkbox to disable this option.
Next, find an email from the contact you want to get notifications for. Once you open that email, use the top search box to find “rules”. Then, select the Rules > Create Rule option.
Now, it displays the Create Rule window. In that window, tick the Display in the New Item Alert window checkbox and click on the Advanced Options button.
Here, you can find several options. However, tick the from [contact name] checkbox and click the Next button.
In the following window, you do not need to change anything unless you want to. Finally, click the Finish button.
Once you have done that, you are all set to go. Next time the email arrives, you will get a pop-up notification about the email instead of it appearing through the action center. This makes it useful as you will receive the notification even if your notifications are turned off.
That’s it, once you process this for all the contacts, you will only get alerts for those contacts.
Read: Outlook notifications not working on Windows 11
How do I turn on email notifications for a specific account in Outlook?
To turn on email notifications for a specific account or contact in Outlook, you need to create a rule and disable the Desktop Alert for all contacts first. Then, you can choose the Display in the New Item Alert window option and select the from [contact-name] checkbox. Once you do that with the specific contact, you will see email notifications or alerts whenever a new email arrives.
How to only get notifications for certain emails?
To get notifications for certain emails, you need to follow the aforementioned steps. First, disable desktop alerts for all emails. Then, create a rule based on the contact. However, this method shows notifications in the New Item Alert window only.
