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Mark as read delay in Outlook

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To change the mark as read options of your messages, you can do the following:
  1. From Outlook, choose Tools > Options.
  2. Select the Other tab from the dialog box.
  3. Select Reading Pane Options and choose from these options:
    • To mark items that you view as read, select the Mark item displayed in Reading Pane as read check box.
    • To set a delay for when the item is marked as read, type a number in the Wait [n] seconds before marking item as read text box. The default is five seconds.
    • To mark an item as read after you move away from it, pick Mark items you view in the Reading Pane as read after you select another item in the list.
    • To leave items you view in the Reading Pane marked as unread, select Do not automatically mark items as read.
  4. Pres Ok when done.
Comments (15)
Mark as read
15 Friday, 14 July 2017 02:28
Srinivas
Thank you, this what am exactly looking for
Thank you...very helpful...
14 Wednesday, 11 June 2014 08:59
Viral Desai
Thank you...very helpful...It was so furstrating to have to tip-toe around the mailbox so as to not mark some emails as "Read" :)...
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13 Monday, 11 March 2013 10:38
JDUNN
on the File tab pick options, in options pick Advanced, then under Outlook panes, pick the reading pane button. You can set the mark read dalay time.
Mark as Read when you print the attachment
12 Thursday, 18 October 2012 14:14
Sarah
Can you mark an item as read when you "quick print" the attachment? I know it does when you open it or after a delay of seconds, but I want it to stay unread unless I print it or it's attachment. Please advise...
Delay MARK as READ time limit in outlook
11 Saturday, 12 May 2012 00:41
Devinder Kumar
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Very helpful info,
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Mark as read delay in Outlook
10 Wednesday, 11 January 2012 12:03
Ron
...and again... Very helpful! Thanks!
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9 Thursday, 25 August 2011 02:32
Ronald
Leave it up to Microsoft to hide stuff like this in obscure places
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8 Tuesday, 26 July 2011 14:11
elysa
Perfect! Exactly what I needed! :)
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7 Tuesday, 03 May 2011 03:46
Amol
This is the exact info which i was looking for.
thanks
6 Sunday, 13 February 2011 09:50
ramona
for me it was also what i was looking for. thanks!
Mark as read after XX sec
5 Thursday, 07 October 2010 04:51
Stefan
Thanks a lot. This article was exactly what I was looking.
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4 Wednesday, 18 August 2010 11:38
Francine
Ditto. This article had exactly what I was looking for. Thank you
Mark as read - when open the message, dealy
3 Wednesday, 11 August 2010 12:29
Shrini
Thank you. This helped me from manually chaning to unread when I quickly read through the mails, but want to be unread for later action.
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2 Wednesday, 19 May 2010 13:37
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Thank you. That's exactly the info that I was looking for in outlook's "help" section where I've wasted a lot of time digging for it and still couldn't find it, until I searched out of it and came across your site.
Mark items you view in the Reading Pane as read after you select another item in the list.
1 Monday, 09 November 2009 02:27
Syed Ishaq Ismail
Thanks a lot, It was very much useful and saved my time of digging out the solution in outlook.

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