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title: Add an email account to Outlook for Mac
description: "### Add a new account quickly Most email accounts, including Microsoft 365, Exchange server accounts, Outlook.com, Hotmail.com, Live.com and Google accounts can be set up in a few quick steps. 1. Select **Outlook** > **Preferences** > **Account**. 2. Click the…"
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updated: "2024-01-16"
category: Microsoft 365 / Office 365 / Outlook 365 / Outlook for Mac
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# Add an email account to Outlook for Mac

### Add a new account quickly

Most email accounts, including Microsoft 365, Exchange server accounts, Outlook.com, Hotmail.com, Live.com and Google accounts can be set up in a few quick steps.

1. Select **Outlook** > **Preferences** > **Account**.
2. Click the plus (**+**) sign > **New Account**.
3. Type your email address > **Continue**.

   ![The first screen you see asks you to enter your email address](https://support.content.office.net/en-us/media/ca8b2ff0-5538-4279-a308-6b00f0af340b.png)
4. Type your password > **Add Account**. (Your screen might look different from this one depending on the account you're adding.)

   ![Enter your password for your outlook.com account](https://support.content.office.net/en-us/media/09ffec7e-0848-4c32-a1ef-7cff320b533a.png)
5. If adding a Yahoo, or other IMAP or POP account, you might be taken to those sites and asked to allow Outlook to access your mail, contacts, and calendars. Click **Allow** to continue.
6. If you are adding Gmail, you will get a prompt within Outlook to sign-in to your Google account. This is for users who are on **Build 16.15.18070902** and higher.

    ![Sign in prompt for a google account](https://support.content.office.net/en-us/media/a71831ab-7229-4660-8b5f-a16f3981b9ed.png)
7. Select **Done** to start using Outlook 2016 for Mac.

   ![Confirmation when an email account has been added successfully](https://support.content.office.net/en-us/media/97be9ccb-603a-4896-b712-e313e976c7af.png)