Summary

This tutorial will guide you in adding an account to your Outlook email inbox. These steps are the same whether you are adding your first email account or additional email accounts to Outlook. This tutorial is applicable to locally installed desktop versions of Outlook. 

Steps

1. Launch the Microsoft Outlook desktop application then click the File tab in the top left of your screen. Next, click Info tab. Then click the Account Settings dropdown menu, then Account Settings again within the dropdown menu.

2. In account settings, click on the Email tab. Click Change. Then click More Settings.

3. Click the Advanced tab, then click Add. Type the name of the mailbox you wish to add. Then press Ok. 

4. Next, click Apply then Ok > Next > Done > Close to proceed to close all the windows that were opened during this process.

5. Now your new mailbox will be available in the left column of your Outlook mailboxes.