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How to Change Your Signature in Outlook

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By Ryan Dube Ryan Dube Writer University of Maine Ryan Dube is a freelance contributor to Lifewire and former Managing Editor of MakeUseOf, senior IT Analyst, and an automation engineer. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on July 24, 2020 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email

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Expand Jump to a Section Step-by-Step: Change Your Signature in Outlook Desktop Change Your Signature in New Emails Extra: Edit Your Signature Step-by-Step: Change Your Signature in Outlook Mobile Having a good signature when you send an email will make you appear far more professional. It's also a great way to provide the email recipients with all of your contact information without having to type it every time you send an email. In the following article, you'll learn how to change your signature in Outlook on the desktop version of Outlook, as well as the mobile Outlook app.

How to Change Your Signature in Outlook for Desktop

If you want a signature to automatically show up at the bottom of your emails, you'll need to craft your signature once. Then place this into the section of Outlook settings that'll automatically apply the signature to the footer of every email you send. The instructions in this article apply to Outlook in Microsoft 365, Outlook 2019, Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010. First, open the desktop Outlook application and select File in the menu. Select Options. In the Outlook Options window, select Mail from the navigation pane. If you're using Outlook on macOS, you can get to this same window by selecting Outlook in the menu, selecting Preferences, and then selecting Signatures in the Email section. The remaining steps below are the same. Select the Signatures button to enter the Signatures configuration window. If you're using Outlook on macOS, you can get to this same window by selecting Outlook in the menu, selecting Preferences, and then selecting Signatures in the Email section. The remaining steps below are the same. In the Signatures and Stationery window, select New to create a new signature. Give the signature a relevant name. You can create multiple signatures. For example, create one for your personal emails and one for your work emails. In the edit pane, you can create your email using a simple editor tool. This tool lets you use any font style or even import pictures into your signature if you like. Under the Choose default signature section, you can use the New messages or the Replies/Forwards messages drop-down menus to select whether this signature will be used for new messages, when you reply to or forward a message, or both. Select OK when you're done to save your new signature.

Changing the Signature in Email Messages

When you create a new email, you'll see the signature you set up as default displayed at the bottom of your email. You can switch the signature used in the email whenever you like by selecting Message from the menu, selecting Signature from the Include section of the ribbon, and selecting your preferred signature from the dropdown list. The signature at the bottom of the email will change automatically. You can change the signature whenever you like while you're editing the email.

How to Edit Signature in Outlook

If you already have signatures set up in Outlook, editing those signatures is similar to creating new ones. There are two ways to do this. When you're editing an email, select Messages from the menu, and then select Signature from the Include section of the ribbon. Select Signatures from the dropdown list. You can also get to the Signatures window using the same procedure as above. Whichever way you access the Signatures window, just select the signature you want to edit from the Select signature to edit pane. You can edit that signature by using the editor pane at the bottom of the window. When you're done, select OK to finish editing and save the changes to your signature.

How to Change Your Signature in Outlook for Mobile

Creating or editing your email signature in the Outlook Mobile app is similar to the desktop app, but the flexibility of the editor is much more limited. To add or change your email signature in Outlook for mobile: The procedure below works for either Outlook for Android or Outlook for iOS. The app is essentially identical on both platforms when it comes to adding or editing an email signature. Open the Outlook app and tap the menu icon in the upper left corner of the window. Tap the gear icon in the menu (this will open the Settings menu). In the Settings menu, scroll down to the Mail section and tap Signature. In the Signature window, you can create a basic signature using the on-screen keyboard. The signature is text-based only; there are no font styling or image abilities here. Tap Done in the upper right corner of the screen to save your signature. Now, any time you open a new email message to send, you'll see the signature automatically appear at the bottom of the email. If you use multiple email accounts, you can configure a unique signature for each account. The signature will appear automatically depending on which account you're using.

Using Signatures in Outlook

Not all email clients do a good job providing users with a good way to attach signatures to email. Outlook, both mobile and desktop, makes signatures easy to create and simple to use. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit More from Lifewire How to Change the Email Signature in Outlook for iOS Using Rich HTML in an Outlook.com Signature How to Insert an Image Into Your Outlook for Mac Signature How to Change Your Gmail Signature How to Add an Image to Your Gmail Signature How to Remove the Email Signature From Gmail How to Set up Your Hotmail Signature in Outlook.com How to Use Text Formatting and Images in Apple Mail Signatures How to Set Up Email Signatures in Mail for Windows 10 How to Use a Special Signature for Replies and Forwards in Outlook How to Set up an Email Signature in GoDaddy Webmail How to Add Links to Signatures in Mac OS X Mail or macOS Mail How to Use an Image for an Outlook Signature How to Sign a PDF on iPhone and iPad How to Electronically Sign a PDF How to Change the Default Font and Size in Outlook Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. Cookies Settings Accept All Cookies