How to mark an email message as Read in Outlook

In Outlook, you can change an email’s status to Read or Unread. You can also mark an email as Read automatically. This is a quick way to clean up your inbox quickly.

How to mark an email message as Read in Outlook

To set the Read Status in Outlook, follow the methods below.

Launch Outlook
Locate the message
Right-click the message
Select Marked as Read
The status for the message is set as Read.

Change Mark Email as a Reading setting in Outlook

Launch Outlook.
Locate a message in your inbox.
Right-click the message and Select Marked as Read in the context menu.
The message is marked as Read.
There is another method to mark a single message as Read.
To mark a message as read or unread, click the message and then go to the Home tab. In the Tags group, click Unread or Read.
The message will be marked as Read.
To mark multiple messages as read in a folder, press Crtl-A to select them all, then right-click and select Mark as Read.
You can also set the message as read automatically. To do this procedure, follow the steps below.
Go to the View tab and click the Reading Panedrop-down arrow in the Layout
In the drop-down menu, select Options.
A Reading Pane dialog box will pop up.

Inside the dialog box, you can select the check box for “Marked items as read when viewed in Reading Pane.”

You can also set how long you want to wait for messages to be marked as Read.
Then OK.
If you click an unread message, it will be marked as Read; five seconds later, it will be marked as Read.
There is yet another method to mark the message as read automatically.
Click the File
On the BackstageView, click Option.

An options dialog box for Outlook will open; click “Advanced” on the left in the dialog box.

On the Advanced page under the section Outlook Panes, click the Reading pane button.

A Reading Pane dialog box will appear.

Inside the dialog box, the checkbox for Marked items as Read when viewed in Reading Pane can be clicked.

You can also set how long you want to wait for messages to be marked as Read.
Then OK.
Then click OKfor the Outlook Options dialog box.
We hope this tutorial helps you understand how to mark an email message as Read in Outlook.