Outlook - Adding Personal Gmail

Table of Contents

• Overview
• macOS
• Windows
  • New Outlook
  • Classic Outlook

 Overview

Outlook for both Windows and macOS supports Gmail accounts. You can add your personal Gmail account to Outlook if you would like to check multiple email accounts in one application.

 macOS

1. Click Outlook in the menu bar and select Settings....
   
   
    
2. Click the plus (+) sign in the bottom left of the Accounts window and select Add an Account....
   
   
    
3. Enter your personal gmail.com email address and click Continue.
   
   
    
4. Click Sign in. You will see a window stating that a browser window is being opened. Click Sign in to Google in that window.
   
   
   
   
    
5. Enter your personal gmail.com email address in the Google sign in window and click Next.
   
   
    
6. Enter your personal gmail.com password and click Next.
   
   
    
7. Click Continue.
   
   
    
8. Select what data Microsoft Outlook can access or choose Select all and then click Continue.
   
   
    
9. Select "Always allow https://olmoauth.outlook.com to open com.microsoft.office.outlook links" if prompted then click Open Link.
   
   
    
10. Select a profile for your account and click Done or click Skip for now.
    
    

Your personal gmail.com email account will now be listed in Outlook for Mac along with your other email accounts.

 Windows

 New Outlook

1. Click View in the menu bar then click View Settings.
   
   
    
2. Select Accounts under Settings then click Add Account.
   
   
    
3. Enter your personal gmail.com email address and click Continue.
   
   
    
4. Click Continue. A window will appear telling you to switch to your browser to sign in. If your browser is not already open, it will open to the sign in page automatically.
   
   
    
5. Enter your personal gmail.com email address in the Google sign in window and click Next.
   
   
    
6. Enter your personal gmail.com password and click Next.
   
   
    
7. Click Continue.
   
   
    
8. Click Continue.
   
   
    
9. Select "Always allow outlook.office.com to open links of this type in the associated app" and click Open. You should be presented with a success window.
   
   
    
10. Click Done.
    
    

Your personal gmail.com email account will now be listed in Outlook for Mac along with your other email accounts.

 Classic Outlook

1. Click File in the menu bar then click Account Settings.
   
   
   
   
    
2. Click Account Settings in the drop down menu.
   
   
    
3. Click New.....
   
   
    
4. Enter your personal gmail.com email address and click Connect. A window will appear telling you to switch to your browser to sign in. If your browser is not already open, it will open to the sign in page automatically.
   
   
    
5. Enter your personal gmail.com email address in the Google sign in window and click Next.
   
   
    
6. Enter your personal gmail.com password and click Next.
   
   
    
7. Click Continue.
   
   
    
8. Click Continue.
   
   
    
9. Select "Always allow outlook.office.com to open links of this type in the associated app" and click Open. You should be presented with a success window.
   
   
    
10. Click Done. Your personal gmail.com account will appear in the list of email accounts as an IMAP/SMTP type account.
    
    
    
    

Your personal gmail.com email account will now be listed in Outlook for Mac along with your other email accounts.