If you utilize Microsoft Outlook, and wish to set it up with your Gmail address, you’re in luck. Newer variations of Outlook make this easier than ever. You’ll require to allow a couple of settings on the Gmail site, and then connect to your Gmail account in Outlook. Let’s have a look.

Step One: Prepare Your Gmail Account

Before you connect your Gmail account to Outlook, you must prepare your Gmail account so that it’s ready for the connection. Start by heading to the Gmail website in your desktop web browser and signing in. You can’t do this in the mobile apps.

Click the gear icon in the top right corner.

Select “Settings” from the dropdown menu.

Switch over to the “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” tab.

In the “IMAP Access” section, select the “Enable IMAP” option.

And after that click the “Save Changes” button.

That’s all you have to on the Gmail end of things. Now, it’s time to connect your Gmail account to Outlook.

Step Two: Connect Outlook To Your Gmail Account

After setting Gmail as much as enable IMAP connections, Outlook makes it extremely easy to add your Gmail account.

In Outlook, open the “File” menu.

Click the “Account Settings” button.

On the dropdown menu, click the “Account Settings” option.

In the Account Settings window menu, click “New …”

Type in your Gmail address and click “Connect”.

Type in the password for your Gmail account and after that click “Connect”.

Note: If you use two-factor authentication on your Gmail account (and you really must), then you’ll need to establish a particular app password for Outlook to connect to your Gmail account (check out that page for several fixing suggestions for connecting Outlook to Gmail). If you do not use two-factor authentication, and Outlook won’t link to your Gmail account after entering your regular password, then you’ll likely require to change a setting that allows less safe apps to link to your Google account.

Wait for your account setup to complete. Unless you want to establish Outlook Mobile on your phone, too, you can deselect that option, and after that click the “OK” button.

You need to see your Gmail account added to your Outlook Account Manager menu. You can proceed and close that window.

And now you can use your Gmail account right inside Microsoft Outlook.