Turn off Outlook Automatic Replies
Certainly, if you want, you can easily turn off or disable automatic reply from outlook, if already configured.
However, automatic replies are good for business purposes as the sender automatically acknowledges that you have received the sent email.
Disabling automatic replies depends on the method by which you had setup in your outlook application.
Either you setup through automatic replies (out of office) or instead you have created a rule to setup automatic reply by using an email template.
In one of our previous articles, we will help you to set up auto reply in Microsoft outlook by creating an email template. You may check anytime by clicking on the link below:
[Read: Setup Auto reply in Outlook 2013, 2016 and 2019]
Disable Automatic Reply from Outlook
Note: The steps shown below will work with Microsoft Outlook 2013, 2016, 2019 and also with Office 365.
The following steps will help you turn off auto replies being sent from your outlook, of the desired account.
First of all, I will show you if you have configured auto replies by using the Automatic Replies (Out of Office) method.
Here is how you can disable it easily:
Launch or open the Microsoft Outlook application.
Then, the very first step is to select the configured account (if configured more than one email account) in which you want to disable auto replies.
- Navigate and click on the File Menu. On this page, the Info tab is selected by default.
- Under Account Information, you can see Automatic Replies (Out of Office) option
- There is a little Turn off tab below (if auto replies are configured for this email account)
- You just need to click and Turn it off in order to disable sending automatic replies to the email sender
What if you have Setup Outlook Rule for Automatic Replies?
If you have setup a Rule for automatic replies using an email template then you need to follow the steps below to disable automatic reply from outlook:
- Launch Outlook and click the File Menu. By default, Info tab is shown automatically
- Click on Manage Rules & Alerts tab
- Rules and Alerts screen will appear.
Make sure the desired account is selected if you have more than one account configured. - Created rules will be highlighted once you have selected the account by the above action.
- Select the Rule and click on the Delete action button. Check the image belowfor reference:
- Finally, click on OK button to close the window.
After doing the above task, as a result, the automatic reply from the desired account will be disabled or turned off.
Finally, as the auto reply option has been disabled, so from now on, email senders won’t get any acknowledgment of their emails.
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