How to customize how Outlook 2013 Groups Emails Together

Description: A guide to customizing how Outlook 2013 groups emails together.

  1. Open Outlook 2013.
  2. Click the View tab at the top of Outlook beside the Folder tab.
  3. Outlook, View Tab
  4. Click the symbol highlighted in red in the picture below. This will expand the arrangement box. Click View Settings.
  5. Expand View Settings
    View Settings
  6. Click Group By.
  7. Group By
  8. Uncheck the Automatically group according to arrangement box and this will allow changes to be made in the Group items by box.
  9. Group By Settings
  10. Click the dropdown menu and select how you want your emails to be grouped.
  11. Group By Dropdown
  12. When finished selecting how to group, the emails subgroups can be added by next clicking on the Then By drop down box and selecting a subgroup option. This can be done 3 times.
  13. If the preferred choice of Group Items By is not present, click on the drop down box under Select Available Fields from at the bottom and select the category that contains the preferred method.
  14. Selected Dropdown Options
  15. The Expand / Collapse defaults drop down box will set how the emails will be displayed. When all the preferences have been chosen click on OK. The emails are now grouped by the exact customizations made.

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