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title: Add an email account to Classic Outlook
description: "These steps are the same whether you're adding your first email account or additional email accounts to Outlook. 1. Select **File** > **Add Account**. ![Select File, then Add Account.](https://cleversupport.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/990377e4-91bc-43b6-926c-a5c5b2e4e602.png) (If you don't see a **File** tab, perhaps you are using…"
url: "https://cleversupport.ca/docs/windows/add-an-email-account-to-classic-outlook/"
updated: "2024-01-16"
category: Windows
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# Add an email account to Classic Outlook

These steps are the same whether you're adding your first email account or additional email accounts to Outlook.

1. Select **File** > **Add Account**. ![Select File, then Add Account.](https://cleversupport.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/990377e4-91bc-43b6-926c-a5c5b2e4e602.png) (If you don't see a **File** tab, perhaps you are using New Outlook for Windows. Go to [New Outlook](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-an-email-account-to-outlook-6e27792a-9267-4aa4-8bb6-c84ef146101b#picktab=new_outlook) for instructions."
2. What you see next depends on your version of Outlook. **For Outlook for Microsoft 365 and Outlook 2016, 2019, or 2021** ![Enter your email address and click Connect.](https://cleversupport.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/68fc03ff-53d6-40ca-a716-8dce29648d0a.png)Enter your email address and click **Connect**. **For Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010** ![Enter your name, email address, and password.](https://cleversupport.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/9744ef8c-1116-45ae-91c9-10d7aa37dd79.png)Enter your name, email address, and password, and click **Next**.
3. If prompted, enter your password again, then select **OK** > **Finish** to start using your email account in Outlook.