How To Set Up Gmail In Outlook

Enable IMAP for Gmail to Work With Outlook

Before using Outlook with Gmail, you need to enable IMAP within Gmail. Go into your online Gmail account and follow these steps:

How to Add Gmail Account to Outlook Automatically

If you add your Gmail address and password to Outlook, it automatically detects all the other settings.

How to Setup Gmail in Outlook Manually

The following instructions apply to pre-2019 versions of Outlook. The Manual setup or additional server types option is no longer available for Exchange and Office 365 accounts.

Connect Using TLS

If SSL didn’t work, you can configure Outlook to use TLS. User Information:

Your Name: The name you want people to see when they get mail from you.Email Address: Your Gmail address.

Server Information:

Account Type: IMAP Incoming mail server: imap.Gmail.com Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.Gmail.com

Login Information:

User Name: Your full Gmail address, for example, yourname@gmail.com.Password: your Gmail password.

Incoming server (IMAP): 993Use the following type of encrypted connection: SSLOutgoing server (SMTP): 465Use the following type of encrypted connection: SSL

Using Outlook With Gmail

Now that you’ve set up Gmail in Outlook, you can view and compose email within Outlook, meaning you’ll have offline access and potentially an email environment you’re familiar with. However, this doesn’t mean you have to stop using the web client to access your Gmail, as all of your mail will still be available in the cloud. Outlook is just another way to access it.

Outgoing server (SMTP): 587Use the following type of encrypted connection: TLS