How To Make Outlook Default Email On Windows 11?

Outlook is a personal information manager developed by Microsoft. It's widely used among professionals, including those who use public email accounts on Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail, to organize corporate email, contacts and calendars. It is one of the most popular email clients in the world.

If you have more than one email account on Windows 11, you can choose the default email account you want to use when you send an email. Here, you will learn how to make Outlook the default email app on windows 11.

Make Outlook the default email app in windows 11

To change the default app for emails, you will have to access settings in windows 11.

1. Press the win key + I to open settings. You can also access settings from the windows icon. Click on the icon and then select settings.
2. Under setting windows, from the left sidebar, click on the Apps option.
3. Now, from the right pane, select the Default apps option.
4. Under Set defaults for applications, click on the search app box. Type mail, and you will see some options. Click on the mail option to open it.
5. In this section, you will see that .email is set to Outlook, but the second option, which is the MAILTO option, is set to mail.
6. To change it, click on the popup button on the extreme right side of the MAILTO box.
7. A small window with different options for the default app will pop up on the screen. Select Microsoft Outlook.
8. Click ok.
9. When you go to Microsoft email, you will see that Microsoft outlook will be the default app used for email on windows 11.

Final thoughts

You see, that's how simply you can make Outlook the default app on windows 11. Just follow the instructions, and it will be done.