Set up Outlook 2016 with Gmail

 

We teach you, how to set up Outlook 2016 with Gmail. Your email server settings, applied to your version of Outlook, in a step by step guide with images and practical examples.

 

Microsoft Outlook is a part of Microsoft Office so if you don't have it, you will need to install it or use free alternatives like Mozilla Thunderbird. This tutorial is also available for other devices like PC, Android, Mac and Iphone, just choose your option from our menu.

 

How to set up Outlook 2016 with Gmail

Open Outlook 2016

 

This is probably not the first time you open Outlook, and as such no window should pop up to help you set up your email. It's not a problem, because this is all you need to do to set up your email account:

 

If this is the first time you open Outlook, then a window should pop up to help you set up your email. If you take that help then you'll be skipping our first few steps, but everything will be just the same a little further ahead.

 

STEP ONE

Go to File

 
 
 
 

STEP TWO

On Info select Add Account

 
 
 
 

STEP THREE

Select Manual Setup or additional server types

 
 
 
 

STEP FOUR

Select POP or IMAP

 
 
 
 

STEP FIVE

To go any further on Outlook you first need to enable POP in Gmail

 

  • Sign in at Gmail and go to Settings
  • Forwarding POP/IMAP » Enable POP for all email
  • When messages are accessed with POP we advise to delete copy from Inbox
  • Click Save Changes

 

  • Afterwards, go to your Google account
  • Sign-in & security » Apps with account access
  • Turn on "allow less secure apps"
 

STEP SIX

As an example, we created a fake user:

 

Name: Peter Smith

Email: petersmith@gmail.com

Password: **********

 

Replace our fake user info by your own name, email and password, and set up according to the images bellow

 
 
 
 

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