How to mute a pointless email conversation in Outlook

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Have you ever been copied into an irrelevant email thread that clutters your inbox and triggers alerts for a conversation you couldn't care less about?? Here's how to ignore that thread so you never see it again.

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Start by selecting any message in the thread. On the menu “Beginning”, Click the button “Ignore”.

In the start menu, click ignore button

You can also right-click on the message and choose “Ignore” in the context menu, or open the mail and click on Message> Ignore. Whichever method you choose, Outlook will show you a confirmation window.

click ignore conversation button

Click on “Ignore conversation” to move all emails in the conversation to the Deleted Items folder. Any future messages in the conversation will also be transferred directly to the Deleted Items folder, without triggering new message alerts.

And if you prefer not to completely remove all emails from the conversation, but you still don't want to be disturbed when they arrive, you can also do it. Just set up a rule that marks those messages as read and moves them from your inbox to another folder as soon as they arrive..


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