How to set up an email signature in Outlook.live.com.

How to create an email signature in Outlooklivecom

Who Should Read This

  • First time users of Outlook Web Edition.
  • People who use Outlook Web and want to register a signature at the end of their emails.

To set up email signatures in Outlook.live.com, follow these steps.

This page will explain in detail, with images, how to create an email signature in Outlook.live.com, how to set it up for automatic signature entry, and how to delete unwanted signatures.

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How to create an email signature in Outlook.live.com.

The first step is to create the signature you wish to display.

How to create an email signature in Outlook.live.com
How to create an email signature in Outlook.live.com

First, go to Outlook.live.com and log in to Outlook.live.com.

After logging into Outlook.live.com, click on "Settings" in the gear icon in the upper right corner.

How to create an email signature in Outlook.live.com
How to create an email signature in Outlook.live.com

After clicking on "Settings," a menu will expand downwards.

In that expanded menu, click on "View all Outlook settings".

How to create an email signature in Outlook.live.com
How to create an email signature in Outlook.live.com

After clicking on "View all Outlook settings," a screen will pop up in the upper left corner with the word "Settings" written in large letters.

Click on "Compose and Reply" in the frame that pops up.

How to create an email signature in Outlook.live.com
How to create an email signature in Outlook.live.com

After clicking [Compose and Reply], you will be taken to a screen where you can create a signature for your email.

First, enter [Name of Signature] at the top.
*In this page, I have entered the name [My signature].

Next, enter the signature you wish to display.
*In this page, I have entered the signature [jo-sys.net].

After entering each, click "Save".

You can now create an email signature in Outlook Web Edition.

However, just creating a signature does not mean that it will automatically appear in new mail or when replying to mail.

To have the signature appear automatically, proceed to the next section on setting up automatic entry of the signature you have created.

It would be fun to create several email signatures and use different email signatures for work and private use.

How to set up a signature created in the Outlook.live.com to be entered automatically.

From here, I will explain the settings for automatically displaying the signatures you create in new messages, replies, and forwards.

How to set up a signature created in the Outlook.live.com to be entered automatically.
How to set up a signature created in the Outlook.live.com to be entered automatically.

If you scroll down a little on the screen where you created your signature, you will see an item labeled "Select Default Signature".

In that section, there are two: "For New Messages" and "For Replies/Forwards". From the pull-down menu to the right of that, select the signature to be used at each time.

How to set up a signature created in the Outlook.live.com to be entered automatically.
How to set up a signature created in the Outlook.live.com to be entered automatically.

Here, each is set up to use a signature named deflt.

After selecting the signatures to be used for "New Messages" and "Replies/Forwards," click "Save" in the lower right corner.

If you create a new message after clicking "Save," the signature is automatically entered.

If you wish to separate signatures for new message and for reply/forwarding, you must prepare multiple signatures in advance by following this procedure.

How to remove an email signature set in Outlook.live.com.

Finally, I will explain in detail how to delete email signatures that are no longer needed.

How to remove an email signature set in Outlook.live.com.
How to remove an email signature set in Outlook.live.com.

First, go to Outlook.live.com and log in to Outlook.live.com.

After logging into Outlook.live.com, click on "Settings" in the gear icon in the upper right corner.

How to remove an email signature set in Outlook.live.com.
How to remove an email signature set in Outlook.live.com.

After clicking on "Settings," a menu will expand downwards.

In that expanded menu, click on "View all Outlook settings".

How to remove an email signature set in Outlook.live.com.
How to remove an email signature set in Outlook.live.com.

After clicking on "View all Outlook settings," a screen will pop up in the upper left corner with the word "Settings" written in large letters.

Click on "Compose and Reply" in the frame that pops up.

How to remove an email signature set in Outlook.live.com.
How to remove an email signature set in Outlook.live.com.

Next screen, select the name of the signature you wish to delete from the pull-down menu and click "Delete" on the right side.
*Here we are deleting a signature named My signature.

How to remove an email signature set in Outlook.live.com.
How to remove an email signature set in Outlook.live.com.

After the selected signatures disappear, click "Save" at the bottom.

You can now delete the email signatures you have set up in Outlook.live.com.

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