How to Create Folder in Outlook Online?

Want to create a folder in Microsoft Outlook? Check out this tutorial on how to create a folder in Outlook Online.

Creating a folder helps us to organize the Microsoft email in a proper way. We can maintain separate work and personal folders. When it comes to project management it is easy to maintain if I keep separate folders for communicating with the team members.

Let’s see how to create folders and also relate to the folder in this tutorial briefly.

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Create a Folder in Outlook Online Desktop Application

Follow the below steps to create a folder in the Outlook Online desktop application.

Step-1: Open the Microsoft Outlook desktop application.

Step-2: On the Home page of the Microsoft Outlook desktop application, keep the mouse cursor near the inbox folder. Right-click and click New folder to create a new folder in the Microsoft Outlook Online desktop application.

Step-3: Once you click New folder, it will ask for the name to give for the newly created folder in the Outlook Online desktop application.

Step-4: Give the name and hit enter. Here I have given the Test folder as the folder name in the Outlook Online desktop application.

This is how we have to create a folder in the Microsoft Outlook desktop application.

Create Sub Folder in Outlook Online Desktop Application

Creating a subfolder is easy similar to creating a new one. If we are working on a specific project, creating a subfolder is helpful to maintain the abstract. Follow the below steps to do so.

Step-1: Once the new folder has been created, keep the mouse cursor on that right-click again, and click New folder.

Step-2: Name the folder for your reference. Here I have given Test Folder 2 as a sub-folder name.

This is how we have to create a sub folder in the Microsoft Outlook Online desktop application.

Move Email to New Folder in Outlook Online Desktop Application

Once the new folder is created, we will see how to move our particular email to the new folder in the Microsoft Outlook Online desktop application.

Step-1: Open Microsoft Outlook in a desktop application.

Step-2: Click the mail you want to move to your newly created folder, right-click on that and click Move then click the folder name you have created recently.

Step-3: Once you have done this, emails will be moved to the newly created folder.

This is the method to move emails to a folder in the Microsoft Outlook Online desktop application.

Rename the Folder in Outlook Online

Now we will see how to rename the newly created folder in the Microsoft Outlook Online desktop application.

Step-1: Open Microsoft Outlook from the desktop application.

Step-2: Once the folder is created, right-click on the folder name and again click Rename to change the folder name

Step-3: Now we can change the name we want. Here I have changed the Test Folder to the New Folder.

By doing this, the folder name has been changed in the Microsoft Outlook Online desktop application.

Move a Folder in Outlook Online

If you want to move the newly created folder, go through the below steps to do so.

Step-1: Open the Microsoft Outlook desktop application.

Step-2: Right-click the newly created folder and click the Move Folder from the Outlook Online desktop application.

Step-3: Choose the location where you want to move the folder and click OK in the Microsoft Outlook Online desktop application.

Step-4: Now the mails available in the new folder will be moved to the chosen location.

This is the way to move the newly created folder to another location from the Microsoft Outlook desktop application.

Delete the Folder in Outlook Online

If you don’t want the newly created folder anymore, then follow the below steps to delete it.

Step-1: Open the Microsoft Outlook desktop application.

Step-2: Right-click the newly created folder and click Delete Folder to delete the folder from the Outlook Online desktop application.

Create folder in Microsoft Outlook Online

Step-3: Now it will ask for confirmation, Click Yes to delete a folder in Outlook Online.

Step-4: Now the newly created folder and with subfolder will be deleted together in the Microsoft Outlook Online application

This is the method to delete the folder in the Outlook Online desktop application.

Create a Folder in Outlook Online Web Application

Here we will see how to create a folder in the Outlook Online Web application.

Step-1: Open Microsoft Outlook from a browser such as Chrome, Safari, or Internet Explorer.

Step-2: Right-click in the Inbox folder and click Create new subfolder to create a new folder in the Microsoft Outlook Online Web application.

Create Folder in Outlook Online Web application

Step-3: Give the name to the folder and click Save in the Outlook Online Web application.

Step-4: Now the new folder will be created in the Outlook Online Web application.

This is how we have to create a new folder in the Outlook Online Web application.

Rename Folder in Outlook Online Web Application

Let’s see how to rename a folder in the Microsoft Outlook Online Web application.

Step-1: Open Microsoft Outlook from a browser such as Chrome, Safari, or Internet Explorer.

Step-2: Right-click in the Inbox folder and click Rename to change the folder name in the Microsoft Outlook Online Web application.

Step-3: Type the name you want to change and click Save to rename the folder in the Outlook web application.

Step-4: Now the folder name will be changed in the Outlook Online Web application.

Rename folder from Outlook Web application

This is how we have to rename a folder in the Outlook Online web application.

Move Email to New Folder in Outlook Online Desktop Application

Let’s see how to move a folder in the Microsoft Outlook Online Web application.

Step-1: Open Microsoft Outlook from a browser such as Chrome, Safari, or Internet Explorer.

Step-2: Right-click in the Inbox folder, click Move, and click Move to a different folder in the Microsoft Outlook Online Web application to move the mails to another folder.

Step-3: Once you click on that, then it will show the options to move. Choose the location to move folders in the Outlook Online web application.

By this, we can move our folder in the Microsoft Outlook online web application.

Delete Folder in Outlook Online Web Application

Sometimes we don’t want to use the new folder anymore so at that time we can delete the folder we created recently. Let’s see how to delete a folder in the Microsoft Outlook Online Web application.

Step-1: Open Microsoft Outlook from a browser such as Chrome, Safari, or Internet Explorer.

Step-2: Right-click in the Inbox folder and click Delete folder to remove the folder name in the Microsoft Outlook Online Web application.

Step-3: In this step, it will ask for confirmation for deletion. Click Yes to delete a folder in the Outlook Online Web application.

Delete folder in web application Outlook

Step-4: Once we give OK, the folder will be deleted from the Microsoft Outlook Online Web application.

This is the simple method to delete a folder in the Microsoft Outlook Online Web application.

Conclusion

From this Microsoft Outlook tutorial, we have seen how to create a folder in Outlook Online. Apart from that, we have seen how to rename, move, and delete as well in the Outlook desktop application and web application.